NAB is making major CE changes. Register now or suffer later.
By
John O'Connor
Feb 26, 2018
Long-term care professionals in the habit of obtaining continuing education credits from the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards had better brace for some dramatic changes that...
Speech plans shouldn’t be a hard act to swallow
Feb 05, 2016
How do you discuss a speech or swallow-care plan with someone who might not be able to communicate well?
Finally, a leader who’s willing to speak out
Aug 10, 2015
Among the police, it’s known as the blue wall of silence. This unwritten rule regularly comes into play when a fellow officer’s errors, poor behavior or possible crimes are under scrutiny....
One resident’s trash is another animal’s treasure
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 11, 2012
Perhaps you regularly see acts of altruism that restore your faith in humanity. Given that I work in journalism and live in the city, I do not. Therefore, exceptional kindness gives me pause. Or in this...
No reason to cheer fiscal cliff ‘solution’
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 02, 2013
Should a person be congratulated and backslapped for simply doing his or her job? That’s the question that should be on people’s minds today as they ponder what has happened with fiscal cliff...
Maybe this ‘monumental’ LTC collaboration could serve as a cure for political polarization
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 02, 2019
With all of the challenges that the skilled nursing field is facing nowadays, it would be easy to further define that line in the sand between you and your competitors/adversaries.
Post-acute payment bundling system appears ominous
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2009
Nursing homes have cause to worry about the prospect of a Medicare post-acute payment bundling system. If it pans out, facilities may end up on the losing side of the equation. That is just one of my takeaways...
Gear up for another healthcare payment fight
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 20, 2017
Watching the GOP try to force through its latest healthcare reform plan, which would once again hit Medicaid hard, I was reminded of something my mother used to jokingly say: “It’s like deja...