While I haven’t run out of material, I’m tapping out my last column because I don’t want to run out of time. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from sitting by the bedsides of elders in the...
Nursing homes, we’re doing better
By
Drew Vogel
Apr 20, 2022
Thirty-three years ago, I entered the nursing home business. In the twenty-four years before that, I was a radio newsman. Not much resemblance between those two professions! In one, it’s all out...
Looking at COVID-19 through the eyes of residents with dementia
By
P.K. Beville
Aug 10, 2020
When I was in graduate school as a single parent, barely making ends meet, I lamented to my mother in loud, ugly sobs that I thought I might be going crazy. I was serious. My mother calmly responded,...
America should talk about chronic pain
By
Penney Cowan
Oct 02, 2015
The America Starts Talking campaign is designed to provide information about naloxone, a potentially lifesaving medication that can be used in an opioid emergency.
Why you must have ‘All Hazards’ disaster planning and the incident command system
By
Stan Szpytek
Nov 04, 2013
As perils of all types, including wildfires, floods, tornados, earthquakes, mass shootings and a wide variety of other adverse events, impact our nation, providers of senior services must understand the...
Dementia dining: A model
By
Pat Snyder
Apr 08, 2013
Individual needs are met, dignity and respect are honored, and topics are set to reflect a congenial atmosphere.
Who is accountable in Accountable Care Organizations?
By
Alieta Eck, MD
Feb 08, 2011
Part of the scheme of ObamaCare is to set up Accountable Care Organizations. As is typical of all “innovative” government programs, they might seem good on paper but are really nothing new...
A call for clear, coordinated and manageable expectations of nursing homes
By
Howard L. Sollins
Apr 06, 2022
It falls to individual skilled nursing facilities and caregiving teams to create clear and coordinated expectations of nursing homes.
Matching demand to needs will bring LTC facility success
By
Brian S. Beckwith
Aug 31, 2010
Long-term-care facilities are one of the few economic bright spots for real estate investors. The fundamentals of the long-term care market — including the growing population of elderly people, a broader...
Why is it so easy to ignore Medicare improper payments?
By
Kristin Walter
Oct 28, 2015
Recovery auditors corrected more than $2.57 billion in improper payments for FY 2014 – representing 5% of the $46 billion in wasted taxpayer dollars the program lost in a comparable period to fraud,...