Meal times are well-defined, often highly structured and supervised intervals during the day in many skilled nursing facilities.
Love hurts PAC relationships
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 15, 2018
When it comes to developing strategic partnerships across the post-acute care spectrum, love can cloud our judgment.
Nana and Paw Paw, lessons in person-centered care
By
Renee Kinder
Oct 27, 2017
As we all prepare for the upcoming Phase 2 Requirements of Participation with an increased focus on comprehensive person-centered care planning, we could all learn a few things from my in-laws.
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta: Why understanding variants matters
By
Renee Kinder
Jul 29, 2021
Life over the past few weeks has felt a little too normal. Would you all agree? Like we have all just been waiting for the ball to drop, and it has, with the recommendations from the CDC on Tuesday related...
Healthcare literacy: More than you learned in kindergarten
By
Renee Kinder
Jul 16, 2020
As we soak up the summer heat, look longingly for the days of normal life, and seek the structure back to school season provides, let us refocus on lessons learned.
When the patient plot thickens
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 13, 2017
We had a plan. We should have known better.
Ghosts of therapists past
By
Renee Kinder
Nov 08, 2018
Therapists experience the same impact when facing the ghosts of predecessors in their own therapy departments. And when considering the spirits of old habits needing to be shifted by significant changes...
Beware frog holes and ‘I don’t knows’
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 01, 2018
Is there anything more thrilling on a winter day than sledding down the neighborhood’s steepest hill, across freshly fallen snow, in an inner tube? I think not.
Skilled services 101: Understanding the medical appropriateness exception
By
Renee Kinder
Oct 07, 2021
In our industry, we have all read it numerous times. Some of us can quote portions of it in our sleep… three consecutive calendar days, for a condition that was treated during the qualifying hospital...
Speaking ‘out of turn’
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 08, 2017
It is up to caregivers to determine what individuals are attempting to express, and how they should adjust care to meet their needs.