Award winning advice on keeping employees engaged
As a teenager I spent a few weeks one summer working at a very popular food stand at the Wisconsin State Fair. “Very popular” is an understatement — the stand serves thousands of people each...
How secure messaging helps LTC patients
In order to maintain consistent and quality care, high levels of communication are required between the skilled nurses, physicians, as well as the patient’s family who make up the immediate care...
When lifting patients, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
We’ve all heard the old adage attributed to Benjamin Franklin that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” And while Franklin’s famous words were written nearly 285 years...
MedPAC wants to put SNF Medicare claims to the test
Skilled operators have been telling lawmakers and regulators that they are the cheapest post-acute care option out there, and it appears the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has not only heard the...
Telemedicine in LTC: Help for patients with multiple chronic conditions
Today there is growing evidence of the benefits telemedicine can deliver in caring for patients with chronic conditions.
Celebrating 40 years of AMDA
Even since I joined the Society as Executive Director four years ago, I have seen the Society and the setting change a great deal.
The broken record of bad public relations
If there’s an area that I would argue is as bad as it was when I wrote about it in 2012, it would be how-long term care operators handle a public relations crisis.
If pigs could fly
Forget all the bad news of late. It doesn’t matter. Not now that pig bladder has been found to hold healing promise for diabetic foot ulcers.
Bank that sleep now
When I was very young, my parents used to chuckle at how I, a through-and-through suburban kid, would rise so early and turn on the TV to watch … the farm report.
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