Dysphagia and changing dietary standards: Understanding IDDSI
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 11, 2019
Dysphagia diet framework consists of eight levels (0-7) and includes both foods and liquids on a single continuum.
Love never fails. But …
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 14, 2019
How can we overcome working together as an interdisciplinary team while also respecting and honoring the expertise of all to ensure we are trusting, protecting, hoping and persevering together? Interprofessionalism...
Why a chain facility fails
By
Lance Youles
Feb 01, 2016
Each nursing facility must create a homegrown culture regardless of its corporate affiliation.
How skilled nursing facilities can reduce short-term stay rehabilitation times
By
Stephanie Adams
Jan 15, 2020
Short-term stay or respite care offers a great solution for seniors who are recovering from a hospital visit, surgery or other medical issue. While short-term rehabilitation is effective in addressing...
Why Five-Star ratings should measure staff retention, not staff ratios
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 26, 2019
If we shift to a system that measures staff retention rather than staff ratios, the whole picture changes.
Just don’t call me late for dinner
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 25, 2015
There’s a wisecrack about getting someone’s name right that ends with, “Call me whatever you want, but just don’t call me late for dinner.” Were it only such a light matter...
The secrets to motivating your staff lie here
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 04, 2015
Americans love rewards. Perhaps nowhere else is the carrot-and-stick strategy put to more frequent or hopeful use than the United States. But 6,000 lucky long-term care providers learned how and why there...
More incentives to embrace technology
By
Jim Rock
Aug 03, 2010
Legislative and regulatory changes are forcing nursing home providers to seize opportunities to incorporate charting and care-plan technology into their facilities.
I was a better nurse when …
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 06, 2014
It’s Nurses Day — a day we celebrate all it means to be a nurse. This day gets me into deep thinking. Particularly about the core of a nurse and how sometimes — even if we don’t want it...
Capping staffing agency pay rates isn’t the answer
By
Eleanor Alvarez
Jan 26, 2022
The staffing crisis in skilled nursing and assisted living centers continues to be a dire situation. As healthcare workers leave the field in record numbers, these centers have found relief by leaning...