What nursing homes can learn from a ‘troubling’ court decision on sexual consent
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
Navigating the nuances of nursing home resident sexual encounters has to be an extremely difficult proposition for administrators, and things just got a little thornier after a recent court ruling. The...
Content remains king
By
John O'Connor
Dec 09, 2011
The Internet came to our office about a decade and a half ago. At that time, staffers would sign up for a half hour’s access to this new thing called the World Wide Web. It was a safe bet that a...
Unsettled business
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 20, 2011
The opening of the American Health Care Association’s annual meeting took on a familiar air Monday afternoon in Las Vegas: A lot of proud retrospectives of a year gone by, prerequisite hand-wringing...
Why providers aren’t elated about new pay-for-quality goals
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 28, 2015
You can forgive long-term care providers if they weren’t outwardly jumping for joy at Monday’s announcement that Medicare is going to start paying for quality, and not quantity, of services.
Subliminal messages: A basic part of nursing home care?
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 21, 2014
“Will your app deliver subliminal messages to my residents?” I did not hear that question yesterday while I wandered the expo hall at the annual LeadingAge conference. But perhaps I will next...