Surefire warning signs that you’re living a long-term care nightmare
By
Gary Tetz
May 03, 2018
Have you ever had a long-term care nightmare? Not the waking kind, where some horrifying facility crisis leaves you muttering, “This is a nightmare.” I’m talking about a real one, the...
How does engagement measure up?
By
Charles de Vilmorin
May 19, 2017
In our role as providers serving our residents, we are tasked to address their needs and desires in the most person-centered way. Making sure we take into account who they are and where they are cognitively...
The future of our professions
By
Frank L. Grosso, RPh
Mar 18, 2015
ASCP’s upcoming forum is designed for all post-acute care stakeholders involved in care transitions: consultant pharmacists; health care executives; and managers from long-term care facilities, pharmacy...
Why it really is the most wonderful time of the year
Sep 02, 2014
It’s back to school time. For most of the world, figuring out childcare just got easier. But it isn’t so easy when you have to be at work before school starts, or after it ends AND you’re...
Winning recognition for your facility
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 11, 2015
Here’s how you know a program is successful: When people keep asking you when it’s coming back.
Don’t miss your connection!
By
Dennis Jakubowicz
Aug 16, 2019
After a recent trip, I was reminded that traveling can surely be a mixed bag.
Private equity: not just for nursing homes
By
Brendan Williams
Jul 05, 2023
You may think you know the story: Private equity firms buying up healthcare businesses and sticking it to payers.
1 may be the loneliest, but it’s hardly the scariest number now for providers
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 24, 2021
There are lies, damn lies and statistics. That’s how Mark Twain is famously credited with characterizing research numbers.
Provider steps up to the plate
By
Liza Berger
May 06, 2020
COVID-19 has exposed the sensitive spots in senior care — understaffed facilities, lack of resources — but also the innovation that takes place each and every day. Whether it’s being creative...
Poor, poor pitiful me
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 06, 2018
When I ask rehab patients about the precipitating event that brought them to therapy, they can at least answer the question. Maybe they tripped on a zucchini vine, slipped on a grape in the grocery store...