The hidden resident is not hiding — she is waiting to be engaged! Are you meaningfully engaging every resident in your community? Too often the answer is I don’t know. Most long-term...
Advancing HIT incentives for senior care through coalition
By
Travis Palmquist
Bill Charnetski
May 17, 2023
Like many of the top issues of the day, we cannot improve healthcare in long-term post-acute care without deep collaboration. Although technology is advancing rapidly, we can continue to do more by way...
Prioritizing care: Why W2 remains the right model for nurse staffing
By
David Coppins
May 03, 2023
With the Department of Labor’s recent lawsuits surrounding the use of 1099 contractors in healthcare, worker classification is once again becoming a hot-button issue. While a company’s position in...
A new kind of activity calendar strategy for dementia care
By
James Lee
Charles de Vilmorin
Apr 27, 2023
Dementia is not a normal part of aging. These eight words should help anchor and inspire the long-term care and senior living industry’s collective work to change, renew and elevate the ways...
How healthcare providers can be proactive in the ever-evolving staffing landscape
By
Marina Aslanyan
Apr 20, 2023
The healthcare industry has undergone significant changes in staffing over the years. From the impacts of COVID- 19 to chronic understaffing, various staffing models have emerged to meet the ever-changing...
A new perspective on wound care in LTC
By
David Navazio
Apr 18, 2023
True, residents in long-term facilities do get wounds — even though we all work very hard to make sure they don’t — but we’d rather not talk about the subject.
Help, my facility is going through a CHOW! (And I don’t even know what that means!)
By
Steve Shain
Apr 12, 2023
What are CHOW’s, and why are they relevant to me working in a healthcare facility? Suffice it to say that this market craze is affecting all aspects of the skilled nursing world, especially on the financial...
Hospitals and health systems are under increasing financial pressure due to lower revenue and higher costs, with many provider organizations falling into the red. “Nine months into an extremely...
Did AI write this article?
By
Joe Eaton
Mar 24, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is having a moment. By now, you must have heard something about how artificial intelligence is going to revolutionize this or that. Maybe you’re excited about that, maybe...
Is your wound care model a pyramid or a funnel?
By
David Navazio
Mar 07, 2023
In many long-term care facilities, wound care starts at the top of an individual’s healthcare team, with the doctor or lead nurse examining the resident for wounds and recommending treatment for them. ...