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Mixed messages about the current state of long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Oct 15, 2018
Some American Health Care Association convention attendees might have experienced a sudden case of whiplash last week. That’s because their eyes and ears were quickly exposed to two very different realities.
SNF snapshot of trouble
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 23, 2015
The HCR ManorCare hepatitis C story we ran earlier this week deserves another look, but probably not for the reason you’re thinking. Without meaning to, it forcefully reminded us of the power of...
Healthcare’s dirty secret
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 20, 2012
If there’s one topic where I feel that healthcare publications tend to repeat themselves, it’s around infection control.
A nudge toward budgeting
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 22, 2012
There is many a manager who has been told “work on the budget” and left to sink or swim. If that’s different in your facility — that is, if each nurse manager is giving a course in...
Federal rules will come to assisted living
By
John O'Connor
Mar 16, 2012
If you ever want to get an assisted living operator’s blood boiling, ask how the plans for federal oversight are coming along. You’d be better off asking a less insulting question, like how...
Betty White, solid gold
By
Liza Berger
May 12, 2010
Did anyone else catch the actress Betty White on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend? Was anyone else smitten with her by the end of the show?
LeadingAge gets a 911 call
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 24, 2012
You could soak up plenty of what you’d want to hear at a conference Monday at the LeadingAge PEAK Leadership Summit: discussions ranging from leadership and policy to payments.
The problem with playing the blame game
By
John O'Connor
Jun 16, 2020
Mama always said that when all is said and done, more usually gets said than done.
Note to associations: Give General Powell a break
By
John O'Connor
May 15, 2015
The first time I heard Gen. Colin Powell speak at a trade show was in the mid-1990s, and he gave one of the most spellbinding presentations I’d ever witnessed. That said, it’s now probably...