Proud to have finished the run
When running the rat race of life, it helps to have a goal. You also need a supportive team, a plan, and possibly a change in socks.
Wearing the bull’s eye not much fun
If you are a skilled care operator, it might seem as if a big target has been placed squarely on your back.
Why the likely demise of LTC insurance isn’t all bad
Two decades ago, private long-term care insurance was seen as a can’t-miss option for funding future nursing home costs. But like many of the people who purchased policies back then, the product...
Why managed care is good for long-term care
Managed long-term care can provide a solution to many challenges facing providers. Coordinating patients’ care, working with family members, and focusing on the right type of treatment can lead to...
A failure to communicate
Basic communication is often overlooked for nursing home managers. Promoting leadership among team members and empowering staff is effective in building teamwork.
A life well lived
That’s a fashionable phrase we hear a lot these days—”life well lived.” A long-term care provider I hold in high esteem has even used it as a marketing tagline. I happen to know this...
The odds of healthcare reform surviving are …
I wonder what the bookies in London are thinking about the odds of the U.S. healthcare reform law surviving. Surely they have taken bets on its possible demise, just as they do seemingly everything else...
Nursing home employees often suffer from compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue and grief are the unrecognized downside to working in the nursing home industry. When sufferers are overburdened by emotions, they want to escape from work, end up feeling isolated from...
CMS award winners showcase partnerships
Grasping, as many of us do, to find a positive healthcare story that includes the long-term care sector, it was nice to see that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation Awards made...
It’s time to drop the lone wolf routine
For many, it appears that finding their own answers to long-term care’s challenges and opportunities is the first and only default option. But the future means finding some dance partners.
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