In the roundup of best Super Bowl commercials, the one that best relates to your lives didn’t air. No, I’m not talking about the elderly people escaping from the nursing home to go eat Taco...
Making DNRs a part of SNFs
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 30, 2012
For all the talk about reducing rehospitalizations, there seems to be a big element missing, according to the New York Times: that of talking.
How to handle residents that bully staff
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 11, 2016
I’ve written before about “mean girls” and their desire to exert control in continuing care retirement communities. But until reading an excellent new book, it didn’t occur to me...
Handling your PR crisis
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 31, 2012
A few months ago, I called up a nursing facility that was embroiled in a legal snafu. I’m not sure I was able to utter an audible response to its marketing representative since I was busy hitting...
Shirtless nurse creates controversy
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 13, 2016
Good news, female nurses, you are now respected professionals valued for your experience and education.
A better opioid policy shouldn’t mean seniors suffer
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 14, 2017
In addition to the terrible tragedy of opioid addiction in the United States right now, long-term care providers have an additional challenge: Figuring out both how to make sure seniors retain access to...
Winning with the help of Trump
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 09, 2017
When the American Health Care Association sued the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last year, my assessment was that it might win the literal battle, but lose the hearts and minds of consumers.
A need to build up long-term care mentoring
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 04, 2012
Of the many statements that stuck with me from covering the long-term care profession in 2012, one that resonated was almost a throwaway line: “We do tend to eat our own.”
No scapegoating at LeadingAge convention
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2018
When It’s Never 2 Late president Jack York asked her to figure out a way to get goat yoga as part of the company’s booth at LeadingAge, she didn’t blink.
Why the government shutdown should matter to you
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 03, 2013
One of the benefits of social media is that you find out people you follow are occasionally idiots.