To the owners and operators of skilled nursing facilities: If you don’t think you and hospitals aren’t much alike, think again. That seemed to be one of the strongest messages out of a focus...
As a teenager, I took a self-defense class, where a piece of advice stuck with me: Women tend to have more strength in their legs than their arms. If you engage an attacker with your arms in a push-pull...
Despite all the technology, fancy buildings, dining and activity experiences, healthcare boils down to one thing: human relationships. Most skilled healthcare workers go into the profession with the best...
The revised hospital payment system technically hasn’t begun yet. But that doesn’t mean senior living operators shouldn’t find a dark cloud around this silver lining.
When mistakes happen, many long-term care operators tend to flip out.
I won’t know what to think about polls until I find out how other Americans feel about them. Until then, put me down as undecided. But, seriously, here’s one that intrigues me, because it actually...
If Bill Clinton added “M.D.” after his name, slung a stethoscope around his neck and started visiting the residents in your nursing facility, there’s a chance that your residents might...
There’s no doubt about it: You have to hand it to the folks at Buckner Westminster Place. They can teach us all how to show gratitude, and be good neighbors.
These types of short-term rehab patients usually produce the highest reimbursement rates. However, if you’re a facility that struggles with admissions and census, be aware that the length of stay...
Perhaps you regularly see acts of altruism that restore your faith in humanity. Given that I work in journalism and live in the city, I do not. Therefore, exceptional kindness gives me pause. Or in this...
