Are your residents getting the drug or the VIP treatment?
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Jun 18, 2018
Most older adults in the United States would prefer to live in their own homes and communities as they age.
Why caregivers for seniors should focus on hearing health
Apr 16, 2018
Many of the challenges elders’ caregivers face are the result of communication issues — 50% of individuals over age 75 have some degree of hearing loss.
Why elder caregivers should focus on hearing health
By
Irwin Kornfeld
Apr 16, 2018
Many of the challenges seniors’ caregivers face are the result of communication issues since 50% of people over age 75 have some degree of hearing loss. Hearing loss makes caregiving more challenging...
Workplace engagement crushers: 5 Easy Ways to undermine employee engagement
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Mar 23, 2018
Without even knowing it, you could be indulging in one of the most common barriers to creating a culture that feels engaging to employees.
Award fuels expansion of telemedicine
By
Josh Hofmeyer, LNHA
Mar 02, 2018
The project’s goals were significant: to reduce hospitalizations by 16% and emergency department visits by 28%, resulting in an 8.25% reduction in total cost of care. Official results on these specific...
How can leaders engage employees? Lessons from “Field of Dreams”
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Dec 13, 2017
Do you remember the movie Field of Dreams? I loved that movie! It had charm, mystery, sentimentality, and a real feel-good ending.
How an operational assessment can change your organization
By
Cyndi Taplin
Dec 06, 2017
A well-executed financial and operational assessment can change the culture of a facility from one of blame to one of cooperation, improve system and process efficiency, increase occupancy and reimbursements,...
Using vitals integration tech for readmission prevention
By
Linda Martin
Nov 15, 2017
We all know the importance of having vitals measurements automatically downloaded to an EMR system.
I know QA, but what Is QAPI?
By
Teresa Remy
Nov 08, 2017
Nobody likes change. If we all had a dollar every time we heard someone in our workplace say “but this is the way we’ve always done it” we’d all be independently wealthy.
RCS-1 is a complete rewrite of therapy reimbursement rules
By
Josh Pickus
Sep 01, 2017
With Resident Classification System, Version I (RCS-1), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering significant changes to the reimbursement model for therapy.