When it comes to monitoring residents and enabling calls for assistance, wireless systems have taken hold in the market.
Profile: Stephen L. Esdale – Perfect pitchman for LTC
By
Liza Berger
Sep 01, 2009
Stephen L. Esdale, Chairman ACHCA
Infection control feature: Taking control
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 09, 2005
Nursing homes face a multitude of infection control challenges, and the job isn’t going to get less complicated any time soon.
She’s got your back: NADONA’s Shari Carson
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2023
Shari Carson is a veteran nurse leader known nationally and in her state as an educator and resource for post-acute care directors of nursing and nurse managers.
Celebrating poise and positivity in chaos
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 12, 2023
At the end of a long shift on Christmas Eve, two CNAs are chatting in the facility parking lot. “Rough day,” says one. “A family member yelled at me about problems I can’t solve and things that...
Rehydrating skilled nursing: American Senior Communities’ Jerald Cosey
By
Kimberly Hartley
Dec 05, 2022
Just as Jerald Cosey’s lengthy pharmaceutical sales career had reached a peak — leading a team of his choosing to sell a new Pfizer medication — he resigned. It was 2013 and the husband and father...
Let there not be light
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 17, 2022
It’s the first command in the Biblical creation story — let there be light. But if you’re working a night shift in a long-term care facility, I need you to stop reading this right now and go turn...
Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patricia Will answers important questions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2022
2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award winner shares the words she lives by, the biggest surprise of her career, advice for people considering careers in long-term care,...
Experts say ‘systemic failure’ in emergency planning has crippled even compliant nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2022
Nursing homes must be better integrated into overall emergency response infrastructure and incorporate better leaders in disaster-response to head off future catastrophes, a new research paper argues.