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
By
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....
Care like the tire man
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 02, 2012
It wasn’t the worst start I’ve ever had, but it wasn’t good. My wife woke up sick and my dog woke up whining, or maybe it was the other way around. It’s all such a blur.
Resident handling programs can minimize worker injuries
By
Mary Gustafson
Sep 01, 2011
The growing disparity between the average American’s weight and safe lifting requirements presents a challenge for long-term care workers who perform heavy lifting. As a result, facilities with safe...
Grieving takes its course
By
Jill Gilbert
Jun 01, 2008
This month we continue our discussion with Joyce Ebmeier of Tabitha Health Care Services.
Profile: Mark McClellan – Washington wunderkind
By
Liza Berger
Mar 01, 2010
Mark McClellan, Director and Fellow, Brookings Institution
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...
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...
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.