Capping staffing agency pay rates isn’t the answer
By
Eleanor Alvarez
Jan 26, 2022
The staffing crisis in skilled nursing and assisted living centers continues to be a dire situation. As healthcare workers leave the field in record numbers, these centers have found relief by leaning...
Treat yourself to a person-directed 2018
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 18, 2018
In case it hasn’t registered yet, the cultural shift from provider-directed care to person-directed care has carried over effectively into the updated state survey processes being implemented secondary...
Ethical standards should go beyond end-of-life care
By
Kathleen Mace
Aug 03, 2016
How people are viewed by those around them can have a big influence on how they think about themselves, especially when they become ill and rely on others for care
Jumper cables and stethoscopes
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 14, 2016
After posing questions ever since the bitter childhood discovery that I would never be an astronaut or Bobby Orr, I finally got my answer this week. Why do I exist? To be the guy with jumper cables.
Taking a different approach to change
By
Randy Bloom, Ph.D.
Jun 08, 2015
When we assume we know what our residents and staff want, we will undoubtedly be incorrect.
Is your workplace healthy?
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 16, 2013
I’m a big advocate of taking small steps in the direction of change. Perhaps your organization isn’t in the position of being able to upgrade the health insurance package or to install an onsite...
Wisdom from a prune
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Nov 06, 2012
I love being a nurse and I can’t think of being anything else. Do you remember a time when there was a turning point, that is, there was something that actually framed or shaped WHO you would become...
Five-Star surveys: Changed forever?
By
Spencer Blackman
Feb 08, 2021
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unlocked survey ratings for the first time since April, we analysts dove into the numbers expecting big changes. But as an earlier McKnight’s article...
McDonald’s versus long-term care: How nursing homes can compete for staff
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Sep 22, 2020
Recent calls1, 2, 3 for an increase in nursing staff levels may have providers wondering how to accomplish this. Under normal circumstances it can be challenging to find qualified individuals; the pandemic...
COVID confessions
By
Julie Thorson
Aug 19, 2020
As a leader, especially a leader in our field during this time, feeling connected to others and not alone on an island is more than valuable — it is a lifeline.