This week we mourned the loss of a comedy giant, Jerry Stiller, who cemented his legacy as the excitable, loud and direct Frank Costanza on the hit show “Seinfeld.”
Making a difference just got a little more rewarding
By
John O'Connor
Jul 13, 2019
As long as your organization is undoubtedly harnessing at least several tech tools to make life better for those you serve, why not get rewarded for it?
CMS, it’s time to listen up
By
John O'Connor
Apr 11, 2016
The options for finding the most appropriate nursing home for a loved one are, shall we say, somewhat limited, especially when compared cars and other products. But there may be a solution to that.
When opportunity knocks, LTC pros answer
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 17, 2016
Say what you want about long-term care professionals because I’ve just about heard it all. They work too hard, they whine too much, they work for too little, they should be watched closer, and so...
It’s pretty clear what they’re really committed to
By
John O'Connor
Jul 17, 2015
It was quite a week for ironic juxtaposition in the nation’s capital.
LTC insurance adjustment: Smart business move or blatant sexism?
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2013
There’s an adage about insurance coverage: While the big print giveth, the small print taketh away. Genworth Financial — one of the nation’s largest long-term care insurance carriers –...
Why long-term care operators are wary – and weary – of sequestration fiasco
By
John O'Connor
Feb 22, 2013
Well, here we go again. Less than three months after President Obama and Congress narrowly avoided walking off a fiscal cliff, we’re bracing for Round 2. Only this time, we’re all a bit worse...
Successful new ancillary service for long-term care operators? No, a bad trick
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2013
It is no secret that long-term care operators and other senior care providers love a good, money-making ancillary service to take care of their residents and firm up the bottom line. That’s one reason...
PETA definitely barking up the wrong tree
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 25, 2008
Some people, and their groups, are better at furthering the art of tactless solicitation than others. For the latest case of hoof-in-mouth disease, we only have to look to our friends at People for the...
Chicken Little strikes again
By
Liza Berger
Mar 27, 2008
If you’ve been in this field long enough, you are accustomed to the threat of doomsday. In the long-term care industry, the sky is falling. Constantly. It’s easy to feel that way today as nursing homes...