With the midyear mark rapidly approaching, this might be a good time to consider the current state of long-term care.
Vision 2025 – where are we now?
By
Steve Chies
Sean Kelly
Mar 22, 2024
In 2019, we set forth a gusty set of goals that marked the “Vision 2025” slogan with which many in the aging services sector are now familiar. From a bird’ s-eye view, our goal was —...
Let’s talk about joints
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Nov 15, 2022
As a Physical Therapist for several years (and even several decades), I’ve participated in rehabilitating a lot of joints. Some shoulders, a few elbows, some hips, and lots and lots of knees. Our job...
Virginia, an 87-year-old widow, was admitted to your short-stay facility after hospitalization for angina related to coronary artery disease. Just before discharge, her doctor ordered transdermal nitroglycerin...
Professional education doesn’t get better than this
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 12, 2014
What makes McKnight’s 8th Online Expo such a good fit for providers is the way it goes about its business. Once again at the end of March, it will come in the form of five national experts, delivering...
Change, change, change: How DOES a new LTC professional stay afloat?
By
Susan LaGrange
Oct 04, 2013
Over the years, long-term care has seen many changes. The environment is entrenched with the need to understand the history and the reasons for all of the change! How does a new LTC professional keep their...
Grandma has an iPad, what now?
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Aug 07, 2012
Yes, it’s true: Our seniors are tech-savvy and love their gadgets. But where does this leave us as clinicians and caregivers? Hopefully, not in the dark.
College days: 50 years is a long time
By
James M. Berklan
May 02, 2012
A lot of things were different in long-term care back in 1962. Never mind the stiff uniforms, spartan buildings and low technology. Medicare and Medicaid were still a few years from being born by President...
Coming out of the closet with caregiving
By
Anthony Cirillo
Feb 24, 2012
Who ever thought that caregivers would need to come out of the closet and be accepted? It’s true.
Happy holidays: ’tis the season for more rehab work
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Dec 08, 2011
It’s that time of year again, the when our hospitals and nursing facilities start to fill up with patients suffering from new fractures, falls, pneumonia and other cardio-pulmonary diseases. However,...