Westminster-Canterbury wins Dignity Gold in McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2018
Seniors with cognitive impairment are at risk for isolation and depression. But Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach, VA, used innovative bedside technology to boost engagement, allowing...
Keep the conference fires burning
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 21, 2018
Long-term care isn’t easy. It’s not only the battles over funding and regulations. The work is physically and emotionally demanding.
DiNovi named executive director at Parkshore
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 18, 2018
Annika DiNovi has been named executive director at Parkshore, a 15-story continuing care retirement community in Seattle that was the first community developed by Transforming Age (formerly Presbyterian...
When a nurse seems too good to be true
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 17, 2018
One would think the most interesting part of a book where the main character kills hundreds of people would be the murders. But you’d be wrong: It’s the cover-up. This is one true story you’ll...
Resident stories lurk within objects
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 10, 2018
It was the teddy bear that first grabbed my attention.
Male incontinence: How to address it
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 03, 2018
In general, I am loathe to make too much of differences between men and women, but that’s especially true it comes to long-term care. After all, no matter who you are, chances are quality of life,...
Pump it up: How to support working mothers
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 13, 2018
You can set up employees for success by speaking up for breastfeeding coworkers.
A new SCAN Foundation campaign aims to provide support and provoke discussion or the 10 million millennials who currently act as family caregivers, group executives said.
Senior living executives sentenced
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 10, 2018
The former chief operating officer of American Senior Communities was sentenced to 4½ years in prison last week as part of a fraud scheme that also took down the company’s CEO.
Life lessons from the Capital Gazette
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2018
Reflect for a moment, please, on your first job. The people you met, the lessons you learned, and how it influences you today.