Depending on the numbers you choose to believe, senior living profit margins are a razor thin 3% — or more like 20%. Regardless, many would like to believe operators are engaging in a fairly despicable...
When keeping thousands costs millions
By
John O'Connor
Apr 22, 2013
As any retailer will tell you, advising customers to shop elsewhere is never easy. Yet that is exactly what too many senior living operators should be doing – but won’t.
Kentucky lawsuit clarity: Better than bourbon
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 02, 2013
Kentucky may well be remembered for something better than its bourbon and horse races. In early February, the Kentucky Senate passed a bill where the claimants have to go before a review panel prior to...
Nursing homes are hospitals’ silent cheering section on this one
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 07, 2012
It’s interesting how competition can make strange bedfellows. Nursing homes and hospitals, for example, are next-door-neighbors on the caregiving block. We all know who has the bigger house on this...
Long-term care providers: plenty of reasons to look over the shoulder
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 18, 2012
As if sobering news weren’t in deep enough supply for long-term care providers, we’ve been reminded again why the threat of getting sued usually lingers in the back of the mind.
Protect yourself against Olmstead
By
Robert K. Neiman
Sep 15, 2010
The Olmstead decision—that governments provide housing to vulnerable populations in the lease restrictive environments—has led to several class-action lawsuits. Here are ways to guard your residents...