Ready to improve your world in 2019? Best to put first things first.
By
John O'Connor
Dec 03, 2018
In the interest of service journalism, I have taken the liberty of picking out the three issues that will be most deserving of your attention next year. If you don’t deal with them, the rest won’t...
When one dangerous compromise leads to another
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 28, 2021
Sometimes providers are backed into a corner and must do non-preferred things. But the big question becomes what’s the next step after the first concession?
Put this on repeat: Heroes shine in stormy weather
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 08, 2021
Hurricane Ida’s remnants inundated parts of New Jersey with up to 10 inches of rain in violent downpours last Wednesday, but an outpouring of support from the state’s largest private nursing home operator...
Provider denies it worked a nurse to death, but will court agree?
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2014
Long-term care workers, particularly nurses, might complain or even joke about it: I’m being worked to death. But now a dead nurse’s family is testing such an assertion in court.
It’s time to put up or shut up on vaccine mandates
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 20, 2021
Will Wednesday’s White House announcement that COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandated for nursing home employees be a dealbreaker? It depends.
PACE makes strides in Milwaukee
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2010
I have heard a lot about the PACE program, but it was not until I actually saw a site a couple weeks ago that I fully understood what this long-term care community program is all about.
YouTube channel delivers with show about daughter’s wrenching decisions over aging mom
By
Mary Gustafson
Sep 27, 2012
My expectations were pretty low when I first saw a press release about “the #1 scripted drama series on YouTube” called “Ruth & Erica.” The Internet-only show follows a “woman...
With mental health, healthcare workers may get worse before they’re truly better
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 03, 2021
As the saying goes, it’s often darkest just before dawn. But as the sun rises on a new era of COVID-19 — one in which cases and deaths are down and nursing homes seem on the precipice of some return...
Oil, gold, nursing homes? Stop acting like you’re a commodity
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 11, 2021
With all the talk of impending acquisitions this spring, it’s hard not to think of skilled nursing facilities as commodities to be bandied about for the right price — or shuttered if they don’t produce...
Are you taking care of residents or conditions?
By
John O'Connor
Jun 17, 2013
Mr. Fogel quietly passed away last week at a Chicago-area nursing home. Most of the staff didn’t know he was in the building. Among the few who did, he was a resident with heart problems. What a...