Meaningful engagement requires staff to practice self-care
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Jennifer Stelter
Jul 31, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, most senior living providers are reporting that their residents are experiencing both cognitive and physical declines due to a lack of consistent and meaningful...
Media should stay positive when it comes to seniors
By
Herb Hildebrandt, Ph.D, Hl.D.
Jul 24, 2020
Headlines during the time of COVID-19 foretell more semantic warmth for the elderly than I have ever read and heard before. That is the underlying tone of my following remarks. Changes in tone Negative...
BREAKING: Feds increase COVID-19 funding dedicated to nursing homes to nearly $10 billion
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 22, 2020
The administration will be more than doubling funding dedicated directly to nursing homes to fight the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to an additional $5 billion announced by President Trump at a briefing...
To mask or not to mask?
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jul 20, 2020
Disclaimer: I know I’m preaching to the choir. But it has to be said, so I’m saying it. I keep hearing defenses against wearing a mask in public. I wear one to protect YOU. I work in a COVID-19 facility...
COVID-19 breathing troubles and fatigue may persist for months after diagnosis
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 20, 2020
Most adults with COVID-19 continued to suffer debilitating symptoms after recovering, an Italian study has found. Fully 87% reported experiencing at least one symptom more than one month after leaving...
Nursing home workers vote to strike over staffing, healthcare access
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 17, 2020
Hundreds of nursing home workers at three Rhode Island facilities have called for a strike in an effort to secure higher wages, better healthcare benefits and minimum staffing requirements.
Hundreds of nursing home workers plan walkout in nationwide protest
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 14, 2020
Hundreds of nursing home workers in Michigan are joining what they call a nationwide walkout to protest systemic racism and police brutality in the United States.
Healthcare Chapter 11s are different
By
Kenneth Rosen
Jul 10, 2020
Get ready for a spate of healthcare bankruptcies. The sector is facing some ugly realities. Medicaid payments are not keeping up with inflation and the disproportionate number of deaths in nursing homes...
The unintended consequences of COVID-19 in long-term care
By
Karen Bonn
Jun 30, 2020
Anyone who is familiar with my work knows I am not only dedicated to maintaining and restoring human bodies to normal range of motion and function — including to the most upright posture — I work diligently...
The floggings will continue until morale improves
By
Brendan Williams
Jun 25, 2020
Caught in the throes of a pandemic lethal to those they serve, nursing homes have been largely abandoned by policymakers. The $4.9 billion in federal relief provided in May was very welcome. However,...