Ask the care expert: Suggestions for staffing challenges?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jul 01, 2021
Staff members are showing up to work, but are wiped out so they are not really completing all of their duties with the finesse they once did. We try to hire but there are no applicants. Suggestions?
Ask the treatment expert: What can we do to prevent skin tears in our nursing facility?
Jul 01, 2021
What can we do to prevent skin tears in our nursing facility?
Ask the payment expert: What does MDS item Z0400 have to do with supporting cognitive impairment for...
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Jul 01, 2021
What does MDS item Z0400 have to do with supporting cognitive impairment for PDPM?
Ask the legal expert: Can we go after this contractor if the family wants to sue us or regulators want...
By
John Durso
Jul 01, 2021
A contractor did some shoddy work installing flooring that we didn’t catch right away and a patient wound up falling and injuring herself. Can we go after this contractor if the family wants to sue us...
Ask the nursing expert: Other than tracking infections, what tasks might the infection preventionist...
By
Amy Stewart
Jul 01, 2021
Our facility is considering hiring a full-time infection preventionist. Other than tracking infections, what tasks might this person take on?
How to do it … Use tech for resident safety
By
John Hall
Jul 01, 2021
For an industry that locked down but never shut down, long-term care achieved remarkable success navigating an unprecedented pandemic. Months upon months were governed by restriction, fears and trauma....
Post-COVID oasis shines
By
John Andrews
Jul 01, 2021
Florida’s Lake Gibson Health and Rehabilitation Center is raising the bar for post-acute care amenities and key specialty service lines.
Facing a two-prong test
By
John O'Connor
Jul 01, 2021
It’s hardly a news flash that long-term care has a labor shortage. These days, it’s a pretty rare facility that doesn’t have openings.
Wisdom rings true after lifetime of SNF advocacy
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2021
Luminary long-term care leader Mary Ousley was honored as the 2021 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award winner in May. It was a more than fitting choice.
Oil, gold, nursing homes? Don’t be a commodity
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2021
With all the talk of impending acquisitions lately, it’s hard not to think of skilled nursing facilities as commodities to be bandied about for the right price — or shuttered if they don’t produce...