It is tempting to run to my internist and beg for an antibiotic to stem what could be a sinus infection, but is more likely, much like the polar vortex, a cold that won’t go away. I was reminded...
National Nursing Home Week: Mardi Gras for residents
By
Liza Berger
May 13, 2009
Today, residents at Saint Anne Nursing & Rehabilitation Center are “Dancing With the Stars.” Yesterday, they received facials and foot rubs for “Pajama Day.” Tomorrow (Thursday) they will be partaking...
The caregiver king
By
Liza Berger
Aug 21, 2008
Be nice to your employees. You never know when there might be royalty in your midst. That’s a lesson a nursing home in Harrisburg, PA, is not apt to forget. A certified nursing aide named Charles Wesley...
No coronavirus fools here
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2020
Unreal days like these forge that unique substance called character.
A better way for states to address long-term care funding?
By
John O'Connor
May 20, 2019
Some say that getting old and going bankrupt can happen two ways: gradually, then suddenly. Perhaps the same will hold true for states’ attempts to fix long-term care funding.
You’ve got mail — and some work to do
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Sep 16, 2015
“We don’t do email.” At first I wasn’t sure if I heard the person on the other end of the phone correctly. Here was a long-term care provider in this, the year 2015, who didn’t...
Clarity on how providers fit into the rehospitalization picture
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 24, 2013
If you might have had the notion that anxious long-term care providers have been taking the hubbub over rehospitalization rates a bit too seriously, a newly posted study shouts otherwise.
On this Rock a mandatory vaccine policy teeters
By
James M. Berklan
May 21, 2021
Many eyes of the long-term care world are focused on an unexpected place this week. It rests just north of the so-called “Cheddar Curtain.”
Keep seniors engaged in life this winter
By
Liza Berger
Oct 28, 2020
Let’s all remember that we all need to feel a part of something bigger than ourselves. Senior care residents are no exception.
Just what you always wanted: More penalties
By
Liza Berger
Jun 03, 2020
The coronavirus is the proverbial gift that keeps on giving — to nursing homes, in particular.