Culture change is all the rage in nursing home design today, but you don’t have to build new to make a difference.
Doctors fail to expose incompetent peers, survey finds
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Haymarket Media
Dec 06, 2007
Doctors protect other doctors – even when they do wrong. That’s the conclusion of a study that found that nearly half of U.S. physicians do not report medical incompetence and mistakes by peers.
Leading By Example: Bathing, Eating in Comfort
By
Jill Gilbert
Dec 06, 2007
The Jewish Home of Los Angeles conducted extensive research prior to building its own very progressive dementia care facility. Molly Forrest, CEO & President, shares implementations that made the most...
Editor’s Desk: It’s hard to resist allure of an interesting personality
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2007
Sometimes, it really is true: The ending is actually the beginning.
Profile: Rick Miller, AHCA Board Chairman: Towering Presence
By
John Andrews
Dec 06, 2007
Seven-foot tall people might be common in professional basketball, but they are a rare sight elsewhere, including long-term care.
Ask the treatment expert
Dec 01, 2007
We have a resident with a heavily draining wound on her left trochanter that is requiring dressing changes four times a day. What do you advise?
Ask the payment expert
By
Patricia Boyer
Dec 01, 2007
We always seem to be training our staff in how to complete the MDS. Will they ever learn everything they need to about that process?
Towering presence
By
John Andrews
Dec 01, 2007
Rick Miller, AHCA board chairman
It’s hard to resist allure of an interesting personality
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2007
Sometimes, it really is true: The ending is actually the beginning. Each month, any number of McKnight’s readers prove it. Upon receiving their magazine, they promptly flip to the back pages first....
Model of Motivation
By
Liza Berger
Nov 02, 2007
Clari Gilbert, Senior VP of Operations, Beth Abraham Family of Health Services