We are constantly hearing about inadequate funding for skilled nursing providers, with Medicaid margins being the main culprit. Yet some states are letting millions of dollars earmarked for quality improvement...
From an alpaca to the Tooth Fairy, how providers are working to #BrightenUpLTC
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 08, 2019
We were expecting a splash of sunshine from the long-term care field, but we’ve received a tidal wave.
Long-term care operators, it’s time to get down to … well, you know
By
John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2018
With all due respect, I feel compelled to make a simple request: Can we stop pretending what long-term care professionals do for a living is not a business?
For long-term care operators, every day is Labor Day
By
John O'Connor
Sep 04, 2018
Hope you had a nice Labor Day. For most of the country, it comes around once a year. But if you are leading a long-term care organization, it’s pretty much an everyday event.
A provider out to solve the turnover problem ‘once and for all’
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 18, 2018
There’s a new player on the long-term care scene and it makes no small plans. It’s goal, in part, is to “enlighten” the rest of the profession with an employee-focused brand of...
How not to learn from a nursing home tragedy
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2018
Let’s be clear: A tragedy last year wasn’t a once-in-a-century outlier. It was a disaster waiting to happen.
Life lessons from the Capital Gazette
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2018
Reflect for a moment, please, on your first job. The people you met, the lessons you learned, and how it influences you today.
Lip service is a poor trade for the real thing
By
John O'Connor
Jun 25, 2018
“Stand up, Dad,” my daughter kept insisting. But there was simply no way that was going to happen. The setting was a major league baseball stadium. As part of a pregame tribute, the public...
What to do when your resident’s death wish seems ‘rational’
By
Marty Stempniak
May 25, 2018
Suicide — a shadowy issue that most would prefer to ignore — is seemingly a hot topic in the news these days.
A pro-union move that will put ‘democracy’ to the test
By
John O'Connor
May 14, 2018
A newly proposed bill could give unions quite a boost. At your expense. Called the “Workplace Democracy Act,” don’t let the name fool you. From an operator’s perspective, there’s...