Fuaja Singh completed his last marathon in Hong Kong only a few weeks before he turned 102 years old recently. He said he feels it might be time to retire from running marathons, but he plans to continue...
Public reactions to healthcare reform depressing, disturbing
By
Liza Berger
Aug 19, 2009
I can’t help but cheer some comments Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) made on Tuesday. In his brash way of speaking, he summed up my sentiments exactly. On Tuesday during a town-hall meeting in his state,...
A lesson in long-term care management
By
John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2020
If you are an administrator who is about to take a job, you do have some leverage. And you might want to do what a certain incredibly successful football coach did.
Come for the bargain prices, stay for your annual review
By
John O'Connor
Apr 02, 2018
Do you want to work for Walmart? You might not have a choice some day soon.
What if the guy with the flying reindeer were disabled?
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 17, 2015
There is something oddly juxtaposed about so many Americans cheerfully reaching out to a jolly, obese man in a red suit at this time of year. Good thing he isn’t ill or disabled and in need of skilled...
Toss me overboard
By
Gary Tetz
May 22, 2015
Last time we talked, it was peppers and hooch. Now it’s liquor and prostitutes. As a long-term care professional, I imagine you’re wondering what you’ve done wrong to encourage this trending...
Revisiting housing and care for the mentally ill
By
Liza Berger
Jul 01, 2009
A story this week sheds new light on the challenge of providing care and housing for the mentally ill. As McKnight’s reported today, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a mental law advocacy group,...
4 steps toward slaying the zombies in your nursing home
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 20, 2018
They’re everywhere — in your billing department, food services, human resources or janitorial — and they’re secretly sabotaging your nursing home, one day at a time. We all know some.
A do-nothing Congress? Hardly.
By
John O'Connor
Dec 11, 2023
I’ll say this for Congress: Its members sure know a thing or two about aesthetics.
If you think post-acute patients are in bad shape now …
By
John O'Connor
Apr 12, 2020
Believe it or not, there will soon come a day when matters other than COVID-19 will start demanding attention.