Life plan community residents craft 700-plus toys for local charities
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 19, 2018
Residents at one Washington life senior community are a regular bunch of Santa’s little helpers.
Thompson named ED at Swenson
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 18, 2018
Raymond Thompson has joined the management team as executive director of Swenson Healthcare in Tacoma, WA.
’tis the season — here’s the reason
By
Julie Thorson
Dec 05, 2018
In our field, recreating inner warmth is needed. It should happen naturally, but does it always?
What do emotions have to do with leadership?
By
Julie Thorson
Nov 09, 2018
Understanding your emotions has everything to do with leadership. As we grow as leaders, we begin to have a true understanding of our emotions — not only understanding them in the moment but understanding...
CFO offers route to better employee retention, company success
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 31, 2018
When a long-term company needs to change the way its quality and financial fortunes are trending, improving worker recruiting and retention is at the core of the solution, attendees at the LeadingAge national...
Scary times, and I can tell you the worst of it
By
Julie Thorson
Oct 16, 2018
The bag of tricks long-term care leaders have to fight fears of consists of workforce issues, reimbursement changes, regulatory pressures, and so on and so forth. The list is terrifying, but there’s...
Low cost, high comfort: The benefits of Reiki
By
Ann M. Thompson
Oct 10, 2018
Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive treatment that is ideally suited to the needs of patients in post-acute, rehabilitation, long-term, or palliative care settings. Developed in Japan nearly 100 years ago...
What’s a ‘W’?
By
Julie Thorson
Sep 13, 2018
Friday night lights is in full swing.
Vermont ACO tests 1-night hospital-stay waiver
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 22, 2018
A Vermont accountable care organization is trying out a new approach to better coordinating care between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
Calling all aspiring leaders
By
Julie Thorson
Aug 15, 2018
How do we attract the best and the brightest to work in our field? We’ve kept the excitement, energy and enthusiasm for our work too quiet far too long.