What a week for New Jersey. It started with the pro football team that has its roots there winning the Super Bowl, and it’s going to end with a first-in-the-nation effort by the state’s assisted...
This season, the gifts will just keep on comin’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 17, 2021
There’s no more dreading what’s in the box, no fear that you’re getting some dud gift dressed up in the fanciest of double-sided wrapping paper.
Cue Jagger on this problem, nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 22, 2020
Rolling Stones and nursing homes parallels? It’s not what you think, but there are mixed emotions.
Are you ready for The Conversation?
By
Mary Gustafson
Aug 23, 2012
There are few things I loathe more in the world than ice-breaking, “getting-to-know-you games.” The problem is, though, I’m exactly the kind of person who often needs an icebreaker to...
It may be time to reorganize, but are you ready?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 31, 2016
Many organizations, including yours at one time or another, will need to through reorganization. How you go about it is as important as – and sometimes more important than – what you do.
For too many in nursing, the thrill is gone
By
John O'Connor
Nov 23, 2015
It’s generally understood that this sector faces a severe nursing shortage that’s likely to worsen. Money alone is not going to make this problem disappear. That’s because the real challenge...
How nursing homes can put themselves out of business: skimp on tech
By
John O'Connor
Nov 20, 2017
When you read between the lines, the troubling message in a new study is this: Skilled care operators had better stop being tech cheapskates — before it’s too late.
Providers may soon embrace the joy of normal
By
John O'Connor
May 17, 2021
Long-term care organizations just received two bits of very encouraging news.
Nurse and therapist are two of the best jobs in the US — or are they?
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 04, 2014
Registered nurse, physical therapist and nurse practitioner are three of the top 10 jobs in the United States, according to new rankings from U.S. News and World Report. This might come as a big surprise...
Social media may help ease depression in elderly, even while it’s crushing everyone else’s soul
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 25, 2018
In the face of this deadly opioid epidemic, I’ve seen all sorts of alternative methods floated to help remedy patients’ pain. Be it, laughing gas, yoga, sugar pills or exercise. Now researchers are...