APRC has always focused on quality improvement; it’s part of our culture.
Rare long-term care double win
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 29, 2015
So much for the dog days of summer getting close. Long-term care advocates were already at full woof on Tuesday — and that’s a good thing.
Jackson joins AHCA
Jan 13, 2015
Blair Jackson is the new vice president of public affairs at the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
Dear Diary, Last week I attended my first AHCA convention …
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Oct 16, 2014
There’s nothing like the first time you get to meet people, attend education sessions and see the exhibit hall at the American Health Care Association, as I found out last week. If you weren’t...
The secret to success sits in dining services
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 09, 2014
By the end of the day Tuesday, after a week full of educational sessions, it took a lot to break through the clutter in my brain. That moment happened when Kyle Henderson made a slightly throw-away comment...
A jolt to long-term care best practices, amid the Ivy
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 23, 2014
This is going to sound terribly wrong on the face of it. There’s no way around it. It appears that the nation’s largest association of nursing home operators has just bought itself a whole...
It’s not all bad news coming from MedPAC
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 19, 2014
A funny thing happened on the way to a semi-annual eye-rolling over a MedPAC report. It gave me reason to sit up with interest. Even more unlikely, it contained information that made some long-term care...
As cameras roll, providers raise hopes about hospital ‘observation’ stays
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 15, 2014
It’s been said for a long time that a picture is worth a thousand words. Moving pictures? Start multiplying the worth. Add some sound or speaking to those moving pictures, well now we’re talking...
Lights, camera, lawsuit
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 21, 2013
To give credit where it’s due, when the New York Times does a story on nursing homes, it tends to give up enough space to get multiple sides, not to mention sources that include the industry checklist...
Valuing bilingual workers
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 08, 2013
We know that speaking two languages has positive effects, ranging from an ability to switch between tasks to cognitive quickness in older adults.