These guys are disproving false assumptions about long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Oct 15, 2012
Long-term care today is anything but a convalescent care business. As few other sectors, this field has evolved to embrace new and innovative ways to better serve its customers. Need proof? Then take a...
Long-term care lessons from a jerk
By
John O'Connor
Mar 02, 2012
Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs has become required reading for many business managers who want to learn more about the man who built Apple. Jobs was brilliant but it can’t be refuted...
A growing concern for long-term care?
By
John O'Connor
May 10, 2021
Janet Yellen insists inflation is not something we need to be terribly concerned about. Yet it has been on my mind quite a bit lately. Perhaps it should be on yours, as well.
‘Back to normal’ already here for nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 09, 2021
Skilled nursing operators pondering when things would get back to normal need no longer wonder. In many ways, you’re already there.
This open-and-shut case may leave a bad taste
By
John O'Connor
Oct 26, 2015
As we recently reported, a former nursing director recently sued Napa’s Piner’s Nursing Home. Her allegation is that efforts to have an alleged sex offender removed from the payroll fueled...
Home sweet home — in the right mood
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Sep 29, 2015
Moving is always exciting to me. This isn’t because I enjoy the stressful process of apartment hunting and packing my life away into boxes like a real-life game of Tetris, because, let’s face...
Tales of transition
By
Mary Gustafson
Jun 07, 2012
It’s hard not to be struck by the number of transitions that are occurring all over the place this time of the year. My refrigerator is plastered with birth announcements, wedding invitations, high...
Thursdays with Walter
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 29, 2012
Walter the goldendoodle is like Norm on the old TV show “Cheers.” When he walks into Alden North Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, everyone knows, and often calls, his...
Successfully decreasing antipsychotics use
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2012
If you’re wondering if anyone outside the profession is paying attention to the antipsychotics-use debate in long-term care, allow me to direct your attention to Boston.
An honest man: Dental assistant returns thousands of dollars to nursing home
By
Liza Berger
Feb 12, 2010
Imagine finding two bags with thousands of dollars in it. Then consider returning them to a nursing home, the rightful owner. That’s what Barry Stringer did, and news of his good deed has stretched...