Editor’s desk: In a sea of issues, looking at what is most important
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 29, 2011
It was both flattering and intimidating. At the LeadingAge convention, someone asked me to state my hopes for the future of long-term care. What a thrill to be asked, but with all the possibilities, where...
Music video is tonic for the LTC survivor’s soul
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2011
Hopefully a certain bound-to-be viral video has already gotten to you. If not, you can thank me later.
The editor’s desk: All of a sudden, holidays aren’t looking so festive
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2011
If you thought the politicians’ recent stomach-turning brinksmanship over the national debt ceiling wasn’t fun — and who did? — you have no reason to look forward to the end of November...
The reaction to ACOs? Please pass the aspirin
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2011
I haven’t heard them pronounced this way yet, but long-term care providers might want to consider it when it comes to ACOs. Instead of spelling it out, as in A-C-O, say it phonetically, as in “Ache-O.”
This freeze plainly brings you a chilling proposition
By
James M. Berklan
May 02, 2011
News that nursing home ratings would be frozen on the federal website for consumer research for six months drew a lot of interest from providers when regulators’ plans were announced this spring....
Editor’s Desk: Don’t appear too happy about hospice prosperity
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2011
When it comes to running a business, you better evolve. If you don’t, trouble will surely find you. Maybe it will even if you do.
Policy finally gives credit where it’s due: nurses
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2010
If there is one group of people who have earned the right to be cynical, it is long-term care professionals. Coming from a journalist, this is no underqualified assessment.
Editor’s Desk: Policy finally gives credit where it’s due: nurses
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2010
If there is one group of people who have earned the right to be cynical, it is long-term care professionals. Coming from a journalist, this is no underqualified assessment.
Editor’s Desk: Amenities are just part of what your facility can offer
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2010
The greatest college basketball coach of all time, John Wooden, said it best: Don’t let what you cannot do stop you from doing what you can do.
Editor’s Desk: Staffing lawsuits in the West are ominous signs
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2010
Those rumblings you might have felt recently from the West Coast had nothing to do with earthquakes. They’re the stuff of potential nightmares if you’re a nursing home operator.