What LTC should know about GPOs
GPOs are new to some industries, but many long-term-care, hospitals, and other healthcare-related organizations have been members of GPOs for decades.
GPOs are new to some industries, but many long-term-care, hospitals, and other healthcare-related organizations have been members of GPOs for decades.
Each nursing facility must create a homegrown culture regardless of its corporate affiliation.
Providers have long-enjoyed a like-hate relationship with Medicaid. Many operators view the program much as a circus trainer might eye a recently acquired wild animal: There’s lots of potential,...
Knowing you’re doing the right thing is one thing, but having others tell you that you are doing the right thing can be very affirming.
Andrea (“Andi”) Clark, RN, has been named the chief nursing officer of Consulate Health Care in Florida.
There’s a running joke at McKnight’s about an interview I conducted with a millennial last year in which the candidate, on a Skype interview, wore a suit. This was notable given how most Skype...
PHI has identified nine that we believe are essential to making direct-care work in nursing homes and home care settings viable career opportunities. These nine elements center on three basic themes: Compensation,...
We baby boomers think we’ll live forever. Data now suggests we might just be right.
Residents and associates alike enjoy working together and interacting with the Watermark Kids who visit to share their experience or perform for the community.
It would be reasonable to think that a storm that caused dozens of deaths and the shutdown of federal government offices is a bad thing, a very bad thing. But you would be only half right.