High-priority nursing home complaints likely to come under regulators’ spotlight quicker following...
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 22, 2019
The federal government and state survey agencies will likely place a heightened emphasis on high-priority complaints in nursing facilities and how soon they’re investigated based on newly released data...
7 steps to living leadership
By
Julie Thorson
Oct 09, 2019
When we consistently practice the little things in leadership, the dream big starts to materialize.
Secondary fracture prevention could save Medicare billions: report
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 03, 2019
Preventing secondary osteoporotic fractures could save Medicare billions, reports the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Ecumen names Alam senior vice president, CFO
Sep 17, 2019
Morshed “Mo” Alam has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer at Shoreview, MN-based Ecumen, effective Sept. 30.
On the dock
By
Julie Thorson
Sep 11, 2019
Who would have thought that sitting on a quiet dock in West River, MD, would have anything to do with leadership? Turns out it’s the perfect place for a transformative leadership experience.
The Walk
By
Julie Thorson
Aug 14, 2019
Just as many of you experience, we currently have a very challenging younger resident struggling with the impact of Alzheimer’s disease. She has early onset and it has aggressively attacked her. Any...
Zip it already
By
Julie Thorson
Jul 17, 2019
Unless people ask for advice, we shouldn’t offer it. This is hard. Our instinct is to want to give advice and to be helpful.
Skin in the game
By
John Hall
Jul 17, 2019
Experts tout back-to-basics to reverse skin-care shortfalls.
A honk and a wave and it’s summer break
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 25, 2019
If it’s after lunch and it’s a school day, everyone at Suwannee Valley Nursing Home knows where to find residents Kenneth Neff and Eileen Thompson.
Who needs introverts? We do!
By
Julie Thorson
Jun 20, 2019
As a recovering extrovert, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we all work together.