Sorting out the antipsychotic quality measures
While antipsychotic measurements can vary, providers must carefully and thoroughly examine all antipsychotic medication use in their facility.
Is ‘murse’ OK? Tips for gender integrated nursing staffs
McKnight’s Senior Editor Elizabeth Newman recently raised some thought-provoking questions about how “women manage women” in long-term care facilities with largely female staffs. Her...
Is ‘murse’ OK? Tips for gender integrated nursing staffs
McKnight’s Senior Editor Elizabeth Newman recently raised some thought-provoking questions about how “women manage women” in long-term care facilities with largely female staffs. Her...
Ahhhhhhhh, there’s the rub
In all the tumult over the Time magazine expose of pervasive and obscene healthcare billing excesses, you might have missed the almost as exciting discovery that foot massages at work lower blood pressure...
Ask the nursing expert … about filling leadership positions
I have three leadership positions open in my facility and I just can’t seem to find what I am looking for. Any suggestions?
Superior marketing success: It’s NOT about your community
Gaining a real understanding of your target market is more crucial today than it ever has been before. With increased competition and tighter budgets, you must know how to best spend your dollars and get...
Senior dental care in facilities
Many long-term care residents are not provided with acceptable dental care, as oral health is often low on staff’s priority list. If more facilities focused on dental care, they would find that it...
Organizational issues to consider in disaster planning
Just as Hurricane Katrina prompted discussion about emergency preparedness in 2005, Superstorm Sandy has re-ignited talks in the senior living communities about their ability to respond to disasters. When...
Kimberly Marselas
Kimberly Marselas is senior editor of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.
LTC insurance adjustment: Smart business move or blatant sexism?
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 –...
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