If you’re wondering if anyone outside the profession is paying attention to the antipsychotics-use debate in long-term care, allow me to direct your attention to Boston.
Call of duty
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 11, 2015
People have busy lives, especially during December. But sakes’ alive, if you want to see a group of whiners, show up at jury duty.
Call women what they want to be called
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 29, 2019
In an industry working hard to address the challenges facing senior living leaders who are women, calling someone by their preferred name reflects a basic level of respect.
Looking inside the bagpipes
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 26, 2016
As tragic as the death of a certain bagpipes-playing gentleman was, we can draw lessons from it to potentially help long-term care residents.
Blended lessons
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 12, 2015
In an attempt to cook, a good lesson emerges in knowing one’s limits.
Male incontinence: How to address it
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 03, 2018
In general, I am loathe to make too much of differences between men and women, but that’s especially true it comes to long-term care. After all, no matter who you are, chances are quality of life,...
CMS and providers have reason to celebrate
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 16, 2016
I encourage providers to pause and pat themselves on the back. That’s because 30-day hospital readmission rates have dropped in all states except one over the past five years.
New opioid guidelines arrive not a moment too soon
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 07, 2018
Following my C-section earlier this year, I was fortunate to be able to access heavy-duty pain medication. Until we discovered my pain pump wasn’t working. That was unfortunate, but luckily I was young(ish),...
Ability to read emotions is an undervalued skill in long-term care, elsewhere
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 20, 2014
According to a psychologist at the University of Bonn, recognizing people’s emotions positively affects income, namely because these people in a business environment are able to care and deal with...
Expanding telemedicine definitions
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 13, 2014
The quickest, and most dangerous, way to dismiss the concept of telemedicine in long-term care is to envision it as a physician or nurse sitting in front of a computer with an elderly resident on the other...