The gig economy’s latest victim? Healthcare staffing
By
Chris Caulfield
Feb 25, 2020
The traditional healthcare staffing model isn’t working. It’s inefficient and expensive for facilities, burning out nurses by strong-arming them into overworking, and putting patients at risk. When...
A look at Germany’s intriguing long-term care system
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Feb 25, 2020
There’s a lot we can learn from the German long-term care system.
The future of post-acute care is visual
By
Brian Wallace
Feb 18, 2020
As an outside influencer to the long-term care space, I’ve discovered a rising trend in healthcare marketing like I’ve never seen before in my 13.5 years (and 10–11 years in infographics, specifically)...
Do you have a silo mentality in your residential facility?
By
Herb Hildebrandt, Ph.D, Hl.D.
Feb 07, 2020
A generalization: Most groups, such as seniors living in retirement communities, have within them social, professional territories. That is, there is an assumption that groups, clusters, committees, political...
And the Oscar goes to…
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jan 28, 2020
Rather than stew about the overdressed, self-congratulators flaunting at the Academy Awards ceremony, I’ve decided to give out my own Oscars — to the loving, deserving stakeholders in the various...
In long-term care, the choice is simple. Maybe too simple.
By
John O'Connor
Jan 27, 2020
Many skilled care operators are in Model T mode. Unfortunately.
Think before you write
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 21, 2020
I have to ask: Does anyone read what they write before they sign off and lock their documentation anymore?
Herndon takes top spot at Forest Ridge
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 21, 2020
Diane Herndon has been named executive director of Forest Ridge Senior Living in Woodland Park, CO. Herndon has a bachelor’s degree in social work and is certified as a nursing home administrator. She...
How skilled nursing facilities can reduce short-term stay rehabilitation times
By
Stephanie Adams
Jan 15, 2020
Short-term stay or respite care offers a great solution for seniors who are recovering from a hospital visit, surgery or other medical issue. While short-term rehabilitation is effective in addressing...
New Jewish Home appoints Mundy and Abrams as nursing home administrators
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 15, 2020
The New Jewish Home, a comprehensive healthcare system serving older New Yorkers, has appointed new administrators at two of its two skilled nursing facilities. Sandra Mundy, a nursing home administrator...