“There are certain rules we ask our students to follow during assemblies,” Dr. Nanciann Gatta, superintendent of Illinois School District 219, said before introducing Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s...
Staffing challenges: A time to look inward
By
Steven Littlehale
Sep 16, 2022
As the Biden administration marches toward some type of minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes, it’s easy for providers to feel like helpless, angry victims. Even as a proponent of acuity-based...
Hygiene’s technological revolution
By
Tom Bergin and Jimy Baynum
Jan 11, 2017
Technological advancements have made our daily lives more efficient and thorough. Lately, we’ve noticed technology’s growing impact on hygiene.
The beauty of bad publicity
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 28, 2014
When I saw the New York Times article illuminating the clever ways devious operators could inflate their Medicare star ratings, I had mixed emotions ranging from fury to rage.
There’s another tsunami coming you probably haven’t thought about
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Feb 21, 2017
There’s a significant facet of the coming “silver tsunami” that most providers might be overlooking, according to a recently published report.
California medical association strongly supports the president’s nursing home plan
By
Michael Wasserman
Mar 28, 2022
The California Association of Long Term Care Medicine (CALTCM) applauds President Biden’s ambitious plan to improve the care of our nursing home residents. CALTCM is the medical voice of long-term...
LTC’s latest big worry: Who’s getting and who’s giving?
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 28, 2022
Of all the issues spooking long-term care providers lately, one might seem to be a bouquet of sunshine to the unsuspecting.
We’ve identified the big problems. Now let’s just hope they go away.
By
John O'Connor
Sep 02, 2019
Whether most operators are paranoid is a matter of conjecture. But it’s no secret that many feel they have a big ol’ target on their backs. Maybe that sentiment derives from decades of battles with...
An unexpected consequence of workplace violence
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Nov 15, 2017
The healthcare industry is well aware of the consequences of workplace violence. With workplace violence-related injuries in the sector clocking in at nearly five times the rate as the private sector as...
New arbitration rule doesn’t have much of a silver lining
By
John O'Connor
Oct 03, 2016
Any way you slice it, last week was a rough one for long-term care operators.