Annika DiNovi has been named executive director at Parkshore, a 15-story continuing care retirement community in Seattle that was the first community developed by Transforming Age (formerly Presbyterian...
HIPPS codes don’t lie
By
Renee Kinder
Sep 13, 2018
Beginning on 10-1-2019, with the implementation of PDPM, interdisciplinary data collection between therapy and nursing, and accuracy for entry in our current (i.e.Prior to 10-1-2018) Section GG items sets...
5 design strategies for patients under 65
By
Jacqueline Sipos
Sep 10, 2018
Long-term care facilities no longer house just elderly patients. According to the 2015 Nursing Home Data Compendium, in 2014 15.5% of LTC patients were under the age of sixty-five, up from 10% in 1998.
Poor, poor pitiful me
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 06, 2018
When I ask rehab patients about the precipitating event that brought them to therapy, they can at least answer the question. Maybe they tripped on a zucchini vine, slipped on a grape in the grocery store...
For long-term care operators, every day is Labor Day
By
John O'Connor
Sep 04, 2018
Hope you had a nice Labor Day. For most of the country, it comes around once a year. But if you are leading a long-term care organization, it’s pretty much an everyday event.
SNF marketing 101: Tell a story
By
Adrian Bryce Diorio
Aug 29, 2018
Do you often ask yourself what gives your skilled nursing facility its identity or what makes it stand out amongst competitors? If your patients, residents and staff come to mind, you’re on the right...
Culture change can make a nursing home a better place to work
By
Tom Moverman
Aug 24, 2018
Friendly employees who naturally take a genuine interest in other people can do wonders for creating a warm and inviting culture. Interactions between guests and residents become less institutional and...
3 tips for handling mean nurses
By
Nancy Congleton, RN
Aug 22, 2018
If there’s a situation between you and a mean nurse that’s constantly affecting patient care and could yield negative patient outcomes, then you have an ethical obligation to address it. Otherwise,...
How honesty pays in long-term care
By
Alan C. Horowitz
Aug 22, 2018
One can easily make the argument that full disclosure of medical errors is the legal, moral, and ethical approach, if not the only acceptable approach.
Good providers need more Medicaid help
By
Brendan Williams
Aug 20, 2018
In the face of many challenges, dedicated workers provide quality private facility care throughout the country.