Operators need to start asking a fundamental question: How they gonna pay?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 02, 2015
Conventional wisdom tells us that many existing options will not cut it as more discriminating customers arrive in long-term care. But maybe it’s also time for operators to start giving more thought...
Addressing environmental infection risks in long-term care facilities
By
Lori Strazdas
Jun 25, 2018
Between tightened regulatory requirements, increased public awareness of infection issues and an ever-growing body of research on infection prevention and control, the emphasis on HAI-prevention at the...
Is financial stress undermining employee performance?
By
Sabina Bhatia
Jun 02, 2017
Mary Haynes was confronting a serious threat to her organization.
The punitive fist versus the hand of support
By
Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, DrPH, CIC
May 03, 2023
In the late 2010s, the long-term care industry began to take action that would reflect the growing importance of incorporating robust infection prevention practices. Facilities were required to develop...
Alexa on its way to Asbury Communities
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 05, 2018
Asbury Group Integrated Technologies has partnered with Sodexo, Connected Living and Amazon to pilot the Smart Living program at Asbury Communities, a system of not-for-profit continuing care retirement...
Study: Portal designs must keep older adults in mind
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 02, 2018
Nearly half of patient portal registrations at an Amsterdam academic medical center between 2015 and 2016 were from adults age 56 years and older, according to a study published in September in Digital...
The RAW data truth about Medicare Part B
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 27, 2020
If there is a buzzword being used in our industry right now, it would be “data.” What will your data say about you?
How’s your mood nowadays? We’re going to find out
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 22, 2021
Long-term care providers start every day behind the 8-ball, as one recently retired association executive wrote to great notice not long ago on mcknights.com. That’s a heck of a premise to begin with,...
Vaccine deniers reveal a troubling reality
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2021
In a world where good judgment rules, almost everyone would want protection against a deadly virus. Clearly, that’s not the world we live in. While two COVID-19 vaccines have been developed and more...
The DON’s Christmas
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 21, 2018
A new twist on an old Christmas favorite, in honor of hard-working directors of nursing everywhere.