Who to blame for the job-hopping epidemic in long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Jul 14, 2014
Too many long-term care operators let potential “noble” payoffs get in the way of basic marketplace realities when it comes to pondering why staff turnover is so high.
For anyone in long-term care, these are uncertain times
By
John O'Connor
Dec 16, 2013
Two questions give senior living leaders countless hours of lost sleep. The first seems fairly objective: What does it take to be successful in this field? The second is about as personal as it gets: Do...
Addressing long-term care’s union challenge
By
John O'Connor
Oct 12, 2020
When it comes to labor unions, life has afforded me a somewhat unique perspective.
Time to look beyond ‘inward’ to ‘upward’
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 20, 2019
Pressures on immigrants can hurt long-term care in numerous ways.
Arbitration clauses and tearing the baby in two
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 16, 2019
In case you’ve been sleeping since late yesterday or doing something else like, oh, taking care of frail and elderly patients, you might have missed the big news: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Ghosts in the (skilled care) machine
By
John O'Connor
Jan 25, 2019
How tough is the labor market? It has come to this: More and more employees are simply disappearing.
YouTube channel delivers with show about daughter’s wrenching decisions over aging mom
By
Mary Gustafson
Sep 27, 2012
My expectations were pretty low when I first saw a press release about “the #1 scripted drama series on YouTube” called “Ruth & Erica.” The Internet-only show follows a “woman...
Likelihood of hospice use may vary by where you live
Aug 21, 2015
We tend to paint hospice with broad strokes. A new study indicates how it can vary by states, with Oregon emerging as the best example of a place that seems to be doing it right.
The easiest rule to break in long-term care?
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 30, 2013
If you work in long-term care today, you might feel like you’re drowning in an alphabet soup of possible deficiency ratings. So forgive me, but let’s imagine there’s yet one more possible...
What Beyoncé can teach about LTC leadership
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 03, 2019
Whether you are an entertainer, journalist or long-term care administrator, there are some amazing examples of balance and leadership in Beyonce’s documentary “Homecoming.”