This isn’t your typical “read quickly and look away” blog. Today’s leadership blog is meant to make you think, get a bit uncomfortable and to challenge yourself.
Combatting CRE in long-term care
By
Rosie D. Lyles, M.D.
Mar 16, 2015
While rare among healthy people, certain types of infections are on the rise in hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare settings where up to half of all bloodstream infections caused by this type...
The hidden male: Challenges for men entering and living in a retirement community
By
Michael McCann, MS
Shawn Kafader, Jeff Rose and Dean Dellaria
Nov 20, 2013
Many of the men that we currently work with in our retirement communities are pioneers forging new territory. Men of past generations either did not live long enough, could not afford, or did not embrace...
Revised Employee Free Choice Act still threatening to long-term care employers
By
Michael Pepperman
Nov 04, 2009
Federal lawmakers have softened some of the language in Employee Free Choice Act legislation. But don’t be fooled. It still would make it easier for unions to form within long-term care facilities.
Small talk and FEMA camps
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 25, 2016
It’s getting harder and harder to talk to strangers on planes, now that advancing technology has rudely stripped a primary conversation starter away from all of us who are shy travelers.
Experiencing life on ‘The Happiness Curve’
By
Donna Stuart
Apr 25, 2022
Are you short-staffed? Isn’t everyone? CNAs quitting. Nurses walking away from careers. Something has changed in how willing people are to stick with frustrating working conditions.
Finding the value in value-based care
By
Joel Splan
Aug 31, 2016
When I think of the ongoing shift away from fee-for-service, I am reminded of its value. Whether anyone likes it or not, the era of value-based care is emerging.
How to deal with overwhelmed and overwhelming patients
By
Mark Goulston
Nov 09, 2015
When patients and their families feel overwrought and overwhelmed, a group of cells called the amygdala, located in their emotional brain, hijacks them away from being able to listen to you or follow what...
The Employee Free Choice Act: What nursing homes can do to keep unions at the door
May 01, 2009
It could just be a matter of time before the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the card-check bill, passes through Congress. Even if it is enacted, there are steps that nursing homes can take to...
The HERO project for Alzheimer’s
By
Deborah Shouse
Oct 31, 2013
As my mother drifted deeper into dementia, her friends started drifting away from her. Her grandchildren felt awkward around her and I sometimes didn’t know how to interact with her.