The pressure is on, as you and your life enrichment teams need to find time to properly plan holiday events in order to make them fresh, exciting and impactful.
Thinking beyond the swallow
By
Renee Kinder
Jul 15, 2015
Meal times are well-defined, often highly structured and supervised intervals during the day in many skilled nursing facilities.
Psychotherapy creates meaningful identity for the LTC resident
By
Brenda Smith-Booth
Sep 11, 2017
Yet many long-term care residents know, deep down, there is “something more” out there; and that “something more” is often something unfinished – a hope or aspiration that...
It’s not just a stroll down the hall
Dec 14, 2015
The detailed nature of gait analysis as performed by physical therapists is a skill set I learned to appreciate, when much to my dismay a very outspoken PT informed me during my first day in her building,...
Healing practices for nurses in LTC
By
A. Lynne Wagner, EdD, MSN, RN, FACCE
Jul 29, 2015
Nurses and other healthcare providers are privileged to intimately care for their patients and patients’ families daily during patients’ most vulnerable and life-altering times of profound...
Cracking new PT and OT evaluation codes
By
Renee Kinder
Nov 17, 2016
January 1 will put new evaluation codes for physical and occupational therapy into effect and we all better be paying close attention.
Section GG: Collaboration with rehab
By
Renee Kinder
Oct 20, 2016
The new GG Section of the MDS has been in practice for almost a month — just enough time to see what questions about nursing and therapy departments cooperating still need answering.
Preserving the aging voice
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 21, 2016
Additionally, the voice as a muscle does have a “use it or lose it” component, therefore engagement on the caregiver end is essential to prevent muscle wasting of this structure often overlooked.
Short-term rehab plans for the newly discharged
By
Renee Kinder
Sep 16, 2015
Short-term rehabilitation programs are designed to promote and ease individuals’ return to home environments and assist with re-entry into the community within a relatively short period of time.
An administrator’s checklist for 2016
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 08, 2016
With the New Year upon us we often find ourselves with a restored energy and enthusiasm to start fresh, create novel ideas and think outside of the box for methods of self-improvement in 2016.