60 Seconds with… Alan Rosenbloom, president, Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care
Jan 13, 2006
Q: Clearly problems existed between the Alliance and AHCA. How does that stand?
A: My view is one of cautious optimism. The relationship between the Alliance and AHCA is strengthening rather than weakening....
Don’t let residents throw their oral care under the bus
By
Joel Glicksman, D.D.S.
Jul 26, 2013
I hear it all the time: “I’m too old; I don’t want to fix my teeth.” Older patients easily give up on their oral health not realizing the importance of teeth to their overall health....
AARP’S policy wizard — John Rother, director of policy
By
Liza Berger
May 11, 2005
To say John Rother has been busy lately would be an understatement.
As director of policy and strategy at AARP, the largest seniors organization in the world, Rother has crafted some critical healthcare...
Q&A with Charles Roadman II, retiring chief of AHCA
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 16, 2004
After undergoing knee surgery to treat an old gymnastics injury and wrapping up other affairs this summer, Charles Roadman II plans to retire to San Antonio, TX, to be closer to his two sons and other...
There’s no time to cry
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 01, 2021
If you’re close to my aging vintage, you remember those adorable pioneers on the TV show “Little House on the Prairie.” Now we’re living in their world. Menaced by fires, floods, climate change...
Meet Marissa Harth, Rising Star honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 28, 2021
Marissa Harth, VP of clinical and reimbursement services, Summit LTC Management, Fort Worth, TX is in the class for 2021 Mcknight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star honoree.
Game changer for long-term care? More like a game ender
By
John O'Connor
Aug 17, 2020
New survey numbers from the American Health Care Association paint an industry portrait that is anything but flattering. Shocking might be more like it.
Essential long-term care leadership on display
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 27, 2022
A top long-term care executive candidly displayed the most important traits of great leadership Thursday, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Nurses’ vital role in the work of therapists
By
Kristy Wikum
Jun 17, 2022
I have always had an appreciation for nurses and nursing staff — not only because my sister is a nurse but because of the vast amount of work they do so well, each and every day. With National Nurse’s...
CNAs and National Nursing Home Week: Much to celebrate
By
Lori Porter
May 15, 2014
This week, nearly 1 million certified nursing assistants across the nation have been celebrating National Nursing Home Week as they render their special care services to nearly 1.5 million residents living...