It’s a good thing to pay more attention to the emotional experience of residents, but I’m worried about how asking them about their traumas — which is mandated in a new rule about to go into effect...
Issues to consider when disaster planning: Part 2
By
Betty Norman
Mar 29, 2013
As we learned during Sandy, it’s essential to know where residents will be evacuated and to have protocols to account for everyone’s safety. Connect with facilities in your community about...
Whatever you’re doing to fight long-term care stress, stop it
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 07, 2022
With another possible COVID-19 wave on the way, and the Biden brain trust still eager to “wallop” the profession, long-term care people have plenty of reasons to continue aggressively seeking stress...
A transformation plan can lead to new funding
By
David Friend
and Mike Musick
Jul 09, 2015
With the Supreme Court’s ruling on King v. Burwell behind us, many of the doubts that have held back new healthcare developments have been absolved.
Tickle me, Earmo
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 19, 2019
Resist the urge to rush outside and attach jumper cables to your earlobes — for now.
No more stinking thinking
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 12, 2021
So, I have been thinking. How do we tee up 2021 with a positive approach, when it hasn’t exactly started off with a bang? Well, maybe it started off with a bang but not a good one. To be honest, here...
Most creative excuses given not to work
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 01, 2014
Every year I like to ask: What do you feel is the most imaginative call-out you received this past year? We’re totally into interactive blogging, so please note yours below. We had some doozies when...
Change, change, change: How DOES a new LTC professional stay afloat?
By
Susan LaGrange
Oct 04, 2013
Over the years, long-term care has seen many changes. The environment is entrenched with the need to understand the history and the reasons for all of the change! How does a new LTC professional keep their...
The power of the pants
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 21, 2017
Like any sensible facility marketing director does, I desperately want opportunities to attract attention. Recently, after considering every available option, I identified what I felt was a sure-fire way...
Small talk and FEMA camps
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 25, 2016
It’s getting harder and harder to talk to strangers on planes, now that advancing technology has rudely stripped a primary conversation starter away from all of us who are shy travelers.