A recent randomized trial showed that marijuana extract pills may help some patients with multiple sclerosis. Apparently, body pain, spasms, and other outcomes responded positively to the cannabis pills....
Whether you are on Wall Street or in a long-term care facility, there’s one thing that everyone climbing the career ladder thinks about: salary.
A big part of a disaster management plan is asking how your facility will communicate with families, residents and staff.
We’re hearing much out of Washington these days about the looming fiscal cliff. Assessments about its impact run the gamut from no big deal to very big deal. As is usually the case, the truth is...
The life story is not a “nice to have” document – it is essential to delivering quality. If memory loss begins and progresses, the details of his or her life story would serve as the...
Read any history book that traces a country or people through the centuries and you’ll find its strategic leaders hedged. If they wanted to preserve the capital city or a certain place, they almost...
I start each day with half an hour of meditation. I find it gives me something to fail at first thing in the morning, which helps avoid dangerous surges in self-confidence.
If there’s one topic where I feel that healthcare publications tend to repeat themselves, it’s around infection control.
I recently had the opportunity to speak at the China Healthcare Sourcing Summit in Hangzhou, China. It was a remarkable experience and really helped me gain a wider perspective of healthcare delivery around...
Last month, at LeadingAge, I found that most senior living providers do indeed have a vision for change in the world — and it starts with innovation. And today, especially with the costs of care rising...
