Leading through crisis
For leaders in the long-term care industry, the past few years have felt like one crisis after another. In 2020 we had a sudden and urgent need to protect staff and residents from COVID-19. Shortly after,...
Light emerging at the end of nursing homes’ pandemic tunnel
Life as a nursing home operator in the United States can sometimes be a masochistic undertaking.
Impact of Section GG, ANAs and Social Risk Factors (SRFs) on PAC outcomes
Tuesday evening, I began the painful eye roll-inducing process of organizing and sorting school supplies for our official start today. Two high schoolers, two middle schoolers, and one lower schooler...
MDROs setting up residence: The role of the contaminated environment in long-term care
America’s age 65 and older population is expected to nearly double in size in the coming decades, from 49 million in 2016 to 95 million in 2060. With this aging of the population comes the reality of...
Over the Moon
Self-care in leadership is an overused, under practiced phrase. There is no such thing as work-life “balance.” There are times when we all dedicate an unequal amount of time to our profession. In long-term...
Now that the picture’s clear, more transparency, please
It’s been nearly a year since skilled nursing providers first raised the alarm about the financial crisis being created by agency staffing. This week, Illinois decided to do something about it.
Pleading the Fifth
We all know that political and notable figures of all kinds have the ultimate “out” available when being asked questions of substance by authorities. They can just invoke the Fifth Amendment. That’s...
HR strategist Cara Silletto on the Mood of the Market: At a breaking point
In a McKnight’s Newsmakers podcast, Cara Silletto, a sought-after HR expert, takes a deep dive into the data of the McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey.
Mindy Shapiro named chief compliance officer at ASC
American Senior Communities in late July announced Mindy Shapiro as it new chief compliance officer.
What matters most to your residents
Does it feel like in the era of COVID and constant staffing issues, you can’t possibly individualize care for your residents/clients? Does it feel like if you asked about resident/client preferences,...
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