Now that COVID is waning, time to focus on the things you ignored
Now that the Public Health Emergency has ended, and COVID-19 is starting to become less of a burden in your facility, now might be a good time to focus on protecting your liability.
Now that the Public Health Emergency has ended, and COVID-19 is starting to become less of a burden in your facility, now might be a good time to focus on protecting your liability.
That concern that violence is committed in the nursing home environment is an established fact. What may be a lesser-known challenge is that nursing home staff are among the victimized. It’s a concern...
Our residents living with Alzheimer’s or other dementias may find it difficult to control their behaviors at day’s end, which we know colloquially as “sundowning” because of the prevalence of the...
The COVID-19 pandemic “ravaged” the nursing home administrator role, a profession that was somewhat isolated already. But there are ways that these key administrators can rise above the fallout, assures...
Technology has been percolating around the edges for a while now. And if I may say so, we at McKnight’s have led the way on both ends.
My father died a little over a year ago. While I usually derive tremendous comfort and support by sharing both happy and sad milestones with friends, family, and colleagues, in this instance, sharing the...
If you weren’t paying close attention, you might have missed some big “noise” last week about coverage for hearing care. A June 15 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services transmittal titled “Allowing...
According to research published in Medical Care Research and Review, it is estimated that 65% to 91% of nursing home residents are affected by a mental health disorder. Furthermore, studies tell us that...
Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has blown a hole in its credibility balloon, speculation about a federal staffing mandate can run rampant.
Kelly McCool will be the next senior director of admissions and marketing at Barclay Friends, a Kendal-affiliated senior living community with a skilled nursing unit. McCool will continue her extensive...