A challenge for long-term care providers right now is figuring out what to expend mental energy on when it comes to news and policy reform.
Dangers in the night
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 28, 2018
In the long-term care profession, we exist to provide care to vulnerable seniors, and like the rest of us, they tend to exist 24/7.
Lip service is a poor trade for the real thing
By
John O'Connor
Jun 25, 2018
“Stand up, Dad,” my daughter kept insisting. But there was simply no way that was going to happen. The setting was a major league baseball stadium. As part of a pregame tribute, the public...
All the data points to … you tell me
By
Steven Littlehale
Jun 22, 2018
Returning from an early morning walk down to the harbor of this sleepy Cape Cod town, it’s hard not to feel hopeful. My geriatric pups Melvin and Theodore couldn’t get enough of the sea smells...
Talking dual eligibles, MedPAC with a Harvard long-term care guru
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 22, 2018
We all have something that we’ll admit to getting a little geeky about.
Stories in action: Sign language and lilacs
By
Julie Thorson
Jun 20, 2018
Story telling centers us, grounds us and reminds us why we do the work we do.
The power of the press and nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 20, 2018
Do you do plenty of good work in your long-term care setting? Of course you do. Do you feel like the public knows this well enough? Of course you don’t.
Are your residents getting the drug or the VIP treatment?
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Jun 18, 2018
Most older adults in the United States would prefer to live in their own homes and communities as they age.
Miss Dudlicek was right: There are at least two sides to this nursing home story
By
John O'Connor
Jun 18, 2018
Regardless, my class took in the film as part of a field trip, which meant our teacher was obligated to talk about the basics of the scrivener’s craft afterward.
Sacred moments in the therapy gym
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 14, 2018
I haven’t perched in a tree waiting for Bigfoot, or spent a morning with binoculars in a rowboat on Loch Ness. But I recently had a ringside seat for one of those elusive rehab therapy triumphs —...