Analysis: A New Year, a new chapter in COVID-19 struggle
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2021
2021 offers opportunities to help long-term care better fight virus, transform itself.
How to do it … Maintaining PPE supplies
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2021
Since pandemic conditions emerged last March, long-term care providers have been beset with how to find, purchase and extend the use of enough personal protective equipment. Experts provide valuable advice...
A winning combination
By
John Andrews
Jan 31, 2021
Part hospital, part skilled nursing facility, the Henry J. Carter design blends the best of both healthcare service components.
Dig deep this new year
By
John O'Connor
Jan 31, 2021
Most of us are not going to miss 2020. Few years have packed such a nasty wallop.
It’s time to notice the roses, thorns and buds
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 31, 2021
The most physically demanding thing I’ve ever done is backpack in the Rocky Mountains for about two weeks in raw conditions with energetic youngsters 30 years younger than me.
Through the lens of fear: Partnering with families
By
Martie Moore
Jan 31, 2021
I remember sitting with her, holding her hand, telling her the same information over and over again. Finally, she lifted her head and said, I hear what you are saying. Within five minutes, she asked me...
Infection control forever
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 31, 2021
By all accounts, flu season is off to a low-key start. In long-term care facilities, that’s a silver lining in all our COVID-19 protocols and precautions. For staff who have been swaddled in PPE for...
After initial vaccine rollout, industry faces challenges
By
John Hall
Jan 31, 2021
Field confronts distribution problems along with attitudinal resistance related to COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 is fueling surge of data and reporting demands
By
John Hall
Jan 31, 2021
Recognition of the importance of infection control is the source of the new requirements, expectation
January/February FocusOn Briefs
Jan 31, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine priority populations vary by state, city; States should complete COVID-19 vaccinations of all LTC residents, workers by March, AHCA says; and AMDA’s new COVID-19 vaccine PowerPoint can...