Whether your profession is caring for them or if you have family that needs your help to care for them, having a basic understanding of how diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia affect the aging...
Navigating the discharge process
By
John Mach
May 03, 2017
Not long ago, my mother broke her hip and spent time in the hospital. Upon discharge, the social worker gave us a list of post-acute care facilities.
The most thankful Thursday
By
Julie Thorson
Nov 21, 2017
Thankful Thursday. We’ve all heard of Thankful Thursdays; many of us celebrate it on a regular basis. This the week we celebrate the most thankful of all Thursdays. I’m reminded of how thankful...
How to address progress in therapy documentation
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Apr 28, 2017
One of the fallacies that we suffer under as therapists in SNFs is the mythology of the “Plateau.”
The development of C.diff testing
By
Niamh Nolan
Jul 20, 2018
Clostridium difficile infection is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections in adults in the United States.
Paying so docs communicate better
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 10, 2012
So I was reading this article in a publication related to improving patient-centered care. It stressed that essential to delivering that type of care would be physician/patient-centered communication skills.
A silver lining to vaccine hesitancy
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 10, 2021
One of many puzzling memories from my childhood is witnessing my father’s failed attempt late one dark Canadian night to convince an unwilling horse to walk up a rickety ramp into the back of our pickup...
Warnings about Medicare’s future continue to be ignored
Mar 17, 2017
The Government Accountability Office has released its 2017 “High Risk List,” which identifies federal agencies and programs vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement.
Battling depression: Advice on how to make seniors feel valued by others
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Apr 17, 2014
Senior living providers can design programs that increase the opportunities for residents to be valued within their communities and in the outside world. They have nothing to lose but high depression rates....
Ode to Joy
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 06, 2016
Let the record show that on the evening of Dec. 30, 2015 — otherwise known as New Year’s Eve Eve — I found myself in a buoyant and celebratory mood, craving a buoyant and celebratory beverage....