Stolen valor: Trump administration takes credit for nursing homes’ efforts during pandemic
By
Sondra Norder
Jun 10, 2020
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma penned an op-ed in Newsweek magazine titled “President Trump’s Early Action to Combat Coronavirus...
COVID-19 got you down? Maybe this can help
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Jun 10, 2020
Declining admissions? No one wants to come to your facility? Welcome to COVID-19. Maybe telemedicine can help.
The blessings and hardships of a small activity department
By
Michael McCann, MS
Jun 08, 2020
Small activity departments and/or, rural communities with low budgets and small occupancy face numerous unique issues that impact them daily. These activity professionals have a special mission in providing...
Therapy and telehealth: Success and challenges
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 04, 2020
If at first you don’t succeed, keep justifying yourself until you get a win from federal regulators. That has to be the mantra for therapy providers and others during this pandemic.
Re-envisioning long-term care: A psychologist’s perspective
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jun 02, 2020
In the mental health world, we encourage people to try to learn and grow from tragedy. I hope we in the long-term care world can do the same with the current pandemic conditions.
COVID-19 provides opportunity to improve nursing home care
By
John Hale
Terri Hale
Jun 01, 2020
COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the nursing home industry and the challenges that nursing home owners, operators, administrators and other top managers face in keeping residents safe and well. They’ve...
The incredible shrinking brain
By
Gary Tetz
May 28, 2020
For those of you seeking a different coping path through this pandemic, might I suggest walking, gardening, swimming or dancing. I say this because a new preliminary study suggests that people who do those...
Essential experts
By
Julie Thorson
May 27, 2020
My leadership advice is to go back to the basics: communicate, include, communicate, include, communicate, include — over and over again.
Plan like an 82-game season
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 26, 2020
Can we be honest? I think most people have discipline and instruction totally backward.
To properly address COVID-19 in nursing homes, we need to fix underlying issues
By
Joseph DeMattos Jr.
May 20, 2020
My heart breaks for people impacted by the historic threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. And while it may seem like it has already been an eternity, we still have a long battle with this virus ahead of us....