Hard as it seems to believe after 17 years of vocationally wedded bliss, there was a time when long-term care and I weren’t together. It’s sobering to consider.
Recent decreases in hospital readmissions may be the result of more return visits being defined as observation stays, which leave many Medicare beneficiaries without nursing home coverage, the Wall Street...
Passion over page views
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Gary Tetz
Jun 05, 2015
I love technology. I’m using some right now. It’s technology, after all, that translates brain waves and finger twitches and makes it possible for me to tell you how much I love technology....
Each year’s a new start
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John O'Connor
Jan 01, 2009
We can find many reasons to rejoice in a new year’s arrival.
Ask the nursing expert
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Jul 01, 2008
Anne Marie Barnett, RN Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Smart Money: effective methods for cutting long-term care expenses
Mar 01, 2010
The top concern these days for senior living CFOs is getting the budget in order.
Michigan House approves plan to send frail prisoners to nursing homes
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May 06, 2016
More than 100 frail prisoners would be released into Michigan’s nursing homes annually under a bill passed by the state House on Wednesday.
Trump’s Supreme Court pick may mean trouble for CMS, healthcare regs
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Feb 02, 2017
Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court Justice, has a history of sparring with federal agencies over regulations, a tendency that could bring some relief to long-term...
Providers’ challenge: Capitalizing on a growing but reluctant elderly Latino population
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 31, 2018
The U.S. Latino elderly population is expected to balloon in the coming years, and with the wave will come more Hispanic nursing home residents. Hispanics, however, have strong reservations about using...
Design Decisions: The Pavilion at Queens
By
John Andrews
May 06, 2017
The Pavilion at Queens installs a unique rehab feature for post-surgical and stroke patients — an actual home to help them re-learn routines