On working the weekend shift and getting ‘Nickel and Dimed’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 13, 2022
Author Barbara Ehrenreich was a champion of the working class, for a time living paycheck-to-paycheck within it, and later, a fierce advocate for seniors and the idea of aging with dignity. She was also...
Do your patients have ‘a right to fall’?
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2022
It doesn’t take a professional caregiver to tell you that the thought of an older, frail person falling is the stuff of nightmares.
Taking aim at private equity
By
John O'Connor
Aug 27, 2022
“When private equity takes over a nursing home” is the name of a suspiciously timed story in the New Yorker.
Why better occupancy could have a down side
By
John O'Connor
Aug 21, 2022
A rise in long-term care occupancy is a good thing, right? Well, maybe not always so providers better be careful.
It’s not news until they decide it is
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 11, 2022
It may be news to some, but this is at least one way nursing homes are way ahead of their acute-care big brothers.
For some providers, climate bill is full of hot air
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2022
Well it looks like Congressional Democrats may finally get the climate change bill they’ve been chasing for more than a decade. Hooray?
Judgment of COVID-19 lockdown effects delirious in its own right?
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 21, 2022
Is it fair to judge the COVID-19 lockdown by the effects of only its first two months? Some people seem to think so.
It’s a month for fireworks, especially for long-term care
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 30, 2022
This year, more than ever, you can call July a time for heightened fireworks anxiety — especially for nursing home operators.
Staffing is long-term care’s new fault line
By
John O'Connor
Jun 26, 2022
There are many reasons for labor shortage problems, but one can’t be escaped: You better be prepared to pay market-rate wages.
Nursing homes see the buck passed — the wrong way
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 09, 2022
Always at the mercy of government regulators and payments, nursing home operators are getting a classic lesson in what “passing the buck” means these days.