I’m starting to sound like a broken record (vinyl is coming back; the kids know what I mean), but I recently heard a therapist say the patient’s progress plateaued, so we have to stop therapy. Again. ...
Medication is not always the right answer
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jul 09, 2019
But medicating for agitation without attempting to understand the cause of the agitation will result in physical, psychosocial, and emotional issues. It may result in falls.
Breaking down the therapy changes
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Nov 08, 2021
Proposed rules almost always become final rules. On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (after threatening for four years) finalized the 15% payment reduction for outpatient...
Managing RCS-1
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Sep 18, 2017
The new Resident Classification System, which may be implemented Oct 1, 2018, is changing the game. I say “may be implemented” because there’s reason to believe that it may be delayed...
Life or death
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jun 13, 2018
As healthcare workers, especially as healthcare workers in long-term care, we don’t have jobs that most people can identify with.
The evolution of a pandemic
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Aug 12, 2022
As the pandemic becomes endemic, we can’t drop the push to vaccinate.
Improve your hearing, improve your mind
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Dec 12, 2022
Doesn’t it seem like our residents with hearing loss escalate their dementia risk? Or is it that our residents living with dementia lose their hearing? Hearing loss and dementia seem to go hand-in-hand. ...
The art of the pandemic
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Mar 26, 2024
Anyone who was working in healthcare in 2020 knows it was a rough year. When the lockdown happened, my staff with young children didn’t have daycare anymore. They didn’t have school anymore. The grandparents...
Never ruin an apology with an excuse
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jun 28, 2022
Never ruin an apology with an excuse – Ben Franklin Medical malpractice is not something we like to think about. For my entire career, even though I worked for corporations and individual entities,...
AI: Living in the future
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Oct 17, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionize the way medical professionals diagnose and treat patients. The use of AI algorithms and machine...