The Gossamer Thread
Work relationships matter. It has taken me 20-plus years to truly appreciate that. Looking back, one relationship that started as a gossamer thread turned into a steel cable taught me more about trust...
Don’t be a ‘Dumb A – – ’
Let’s be honest here: There is such a thing as a stupid question, or ask. I would say especially if you are a reporter! I don’t think that’s just my bias. I was working in a small border town in...
Non-pharmacological strategies to improve memory care
For individuals experiencing cognitive changes, it can become increasingly difficult to communicate unmet needs. If these needs remain unaddressed, it is common for them to be expressed through different...
How not to play the race card
A major union made its long-term care strategy pretty clear in a recent blog. It wants more women to sign up. But one of the piece’s assertions is unlikely to help much.
Did AI write this article?
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...
COVID testing and fingerpointing — who gets the blame?
One of the more intriguing research papers out of the dozens (hundreds?) already executed concerning COVID-19 and nursing homes was released this week. It might have wrongly left many providers on the...
Wine on a dog
You work in a difficult profession — long-term care. We all know that. I’m not even going to list the myriad challenges again, for fear of manifesting them into permanence. And yet, if your existence...
Adapting from COVID-19: How technology reinvented recreation in nursing homes’ post-pandemic world
When you ask most people in the community about where the heart of the nursing home is, they will quickly answer the recreation department. Unlike any other department, recreation takes on a unique role...
March, the summer solstice, and social determinants of health
Daylight-saving time is finally here! I look forward to the day in March that it arrives starting June 21 every year. What’s June 21 you ask? Why, it’s the summer solstice. The summer solstice is...
‘Shedding a light … will be better for all,’ top defense attorney says of feds’ nursing home ownership transparency push
Providers should not necessarily fear regulators’ ramped up scrutiny efforts on nursing home operators and private-equity investors in the long-term care space.
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