The bar for customer service has been lowered so far over the past year that even the most basic human courtesies seem as though delivered on the wings of angels. When this pandemic ends, the tiniest civilities...
Therapists rehab residents and spaces during COVID
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2021
Battling for access and PPE, caretakers get creative to keep services accessible in-person and online
Smart ways to supplement residents’ brain health
By
Catherine Kwik-Uribe, Ph.D.
Apr 01, 2021
No matter how active and healthy people are, cognitive function is known to be impacted with age. While many approach memory loss with a sense of humor as having a “senior moment,” there’s no denying...
Finding Joy in everyday teaching
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 25, 2021
Confession: I was a terrible student until Joy Tilley rocked my 14-year-old mind with her lessons and passion for the perfect, five-paragraph essay. Awful student I was. Never completed homework. Never...
How hospital readmissions fell by 61% and clinical outcomes improved using value-based care
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 25, 2021
Implementing value-based care partnerships has led to significant improvements in resident clinical outcomes, hospital readmissions and reduced costs for long-term care providers who detailed their successes...
All LTC workers struck by COVID-19 to be honored in new national program
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 25, 2021
Long-term care workers killed by or infected with COVID-19 during the ongoing public health crisis will be commemorated with special recognition by the nation’s largest nursing home association.
LTC dementia-care certification launched by Alzheimer’s Association
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 25, 2021
The Person-Centered Dementia Care Training Program with essentiALZ Exam is a three-hour, self-paced curriculum based on person-centered practice guidance, the organization announced Wednesday.
Want to get smacked around? You’ve come to the right place
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 18, 2021
Nursing homes are used to having a target on their back, but that didn’t make this week’s public floggings any easier to absorb.
Sleep, not depression, may be top concern with beta blocker use: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2021
Depression did not occur any more frequently during beta blockers treatment than with a placebo, but some patients developed sleep-related symptoms, investigators found.
Trio is trouble in assisted living: Risky neuro drug combos too common, dementia expert says
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 11, 2021
Fully one in seven people with dementia who do not live in nursing homes are taking at least three drugs that act on the central nervous system — beyond the advised limit, a new study finds.