Loneliness in LTC: Overcoming disability, creating connections
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Apr 14, 2015
Reducing loneliness among facility residents has numerous benefits — for residents and staff. So why aren’t we doing better at it? Here’s what you need to know.
The federal government should invest more in home care
By
Diane Walker
Feb 22, 2010
The Obama administration is taking the right step in investing in programs to support family caregivers. It needs to do more.
Does your nursing home have room to improve? Consider a Civil Monetary Penalty Grant program
By
Peg Tobin
Jan 03, 2020
Could this be your facility or one that you know? A marketing consultant visited a skilled nursing facility recently and was set back by the response she received. This was her experience: “To get inside,...
Cultural change: Why the old is stronger than the new
By
Martie Moore
Oct 18, 2019
Cultural change must be intentional, focused and deliberate.
Transparently not transparent — it has to stop
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 20, 2019
In healthcare, things are about as transparent as an iron door, and we ought to be hopping mad about it.
Is your emergency communications plan ready?
By
Ann Pickren and Jim Satterfield
Nov 08, 2017
As McKnight’s coverage of comments by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services principal deputy administrator for operations at a recent hearing indicated, “several of the failings”...
The Goodbye Guide: Why and how to terminate tenderly in LTC
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jun 23, 2015
I believe leave-takings in long-term care are more important than in other settings and that the style of departure should be given more consideration.
Importance of being social in a nursing home
By
Jennifer Petrea, RN
Jun 27, 2014
How important is social support as one ages? You may find that this is not an easy question to answer. Most people do not choose isolation and loneliness versus spending time with companions.
What providers can do to counteract negative advertising
By
David B. Pearce
Mar 24, 2014
Plaintiffs’ lawyers use negative advertising for the same reason political consultants do — because it works. And although modern political campaigns seem never-ending, mercifully, there is a defined...
Combat Frontline on the front lines
By
Anthony Cirillo
Sep 30, 2013
Experiences become stories, which really are perceptions of the actual experience translated. Stories spread by word of mouth, amplified by social media. Stories make people fall in love, or hate, with...