April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, so this is a good time to raise awareness and educate the public about the prevention of sexual violence in our industry.
Why Five-Star ratings should measure staff retention, not staff ratios
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 26, 2019
If we shift to a system that measures staff retention rather than staff ratios, the whole picture changes.
Trump’s proposed budget is an attack on Medicare
By
Brendan Williams
Mar 22, 2019
In March 2015, President Donald Trump, on Twitter, stated, “I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. Huckabee copied...
People read this stuff?
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 21, 2019
Will He Who Shall Not be Named start tweeting about me now? Will I get a pejorative nickname like Lyin’ Ted or Crooked HIllary? Testy Tetz perhaps?
Portmanteau a PDPM parody
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 15, 2019
Here’s how you use some humor to directly confront PDPM myths and nonsense, as well as suggest some authentic opportunities to provide and document better care.
Time for a new path forward for LTC
By
Katie Smith Sloan
Mar 13, 2019
We believe it is time to forge a new path forward: One of close collaboration between providers, policymakers, regulators and consumers that will better help providers to deliver the type of care older...
12 steps to starting a new job with serenity
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 12, 2019
You’re not imagining things. Yes, they are checking you out if it’s your first day on the job. Here are 12 steps that may make such transitions more manageable.
SNFs should use looming funding threats to take the long view
By
Patrick McCormick
Mar 11, 2019
Skilled nursing facilities are facing a barrage of challenges to their business. Falling occupancy rates, wage pressures, and growing competition are all putting the industry under strain.
Phase 3 is almost here
By
Paige Hector
Mar 08, 2019
Developing a great training program that makes learning fun and interesting takes effort and time.
Listen up! It’s the CMS podcast
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 07, 2019
If you’ve ever secretly longed for a way to combine the impenetrability of American healthcare policy with the ease of 21st century communication technology, you’ll be relieved and delighted to learn...