How to help your staff develop geriatric sensitivity
The importance of geriatric sensitivity in healthcare workers who deal with elderly patients cannot be overstated.
Staring into the abyss when the abyss won’t make eye contact
In this world of RACs, ADRs, denials and incentivized payback demands, it behooves us as providers to stare back at The Abyss and defy the illogical and irrational edicts of “PLOF” as the determining...
Work-life balance: I say ‘Boo’
A few years ago, I threw a fit when the American Assisted Living Nurses Association scheduled its conference during Yom Kippur. I stand by that, but also am sympathetic to how many LeadingAge members and...
Plantar Fashionitis
The many ways we angrily resist all perceived attacks on independence and image, even when it clearly comes at the expense of our own comfort and safety, has clearly been manifest in my bout with plantar...
Full speed ahead as Sloan closes in on first anniversary atop LeadingAge
Nine months after landing at the top of the LeadingAge letterhead, Katie Smith Sloan makes it clear she’s only getting started.
Nutrition as a cost-effective way to extend lives
Good nutrition is critical to ensuring good health, especially if you are managing a chronic disease. As physicians, this means looking at your patient’s overall health, including their nutritional...
Defending nursing homes cited with F-Tag 314
With these recent decisions, we have discovered that there is success in demonstrating to a jury or arbitration panel how a pressure injury can be unavoidable as defined under F-Tag 314.
Donovan returns to Wingate Healthcare
Debra Donovan, RN, has returned to Wingate Healthcare as its vice president of sales and marketing.
Playing the LTC lottery
After reading a recent New York Times Opinion piece about the uses of lotteries to solve social problems, I began contemplating their potential application to long-term care. An element of fun might be...
Hospice is changing, are you?
Long-term care providers need to change their mindset when it comes to hospice care. Here’s why.
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