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You know how people ask you what your sign is? Well, I am not a big believer in all the astrology stuff. I’ll admit I don’t know the difference between a Sagittarius and a Capricorn, but I do know...

Imagine you’re an elderly rehab patient, maybe trying to recover mobility after a stroke, and receiving treatment in a long-term care facility.  Your therapist is a ferocious taskmaster, constantly...

Senior living’s caregiving sectors — nursing homes, assisted living and home care — share problems and needs in varying degrees. But what they get from long-term care (LTC) research is seldom what...

My focus on the importance of the medical director in improving nursing home quality occasionally gets pushback from family members who have had negative experiences with doctors in nursing homes. Those...

When I was 11 and 12 years old, my older brother and I spent two summers with my grandparents, who lived on a lake in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. It was spectacular. They owned 10 acres of undeveloped,...

Raising children, like providing patient care, requires a plan. The older our children become, like when patients show progress, the more freedom they should be allowed. The guide book for plan of care...

There are markets for just about everything, where sellers and buyers exchange goods and services. The same is true for nursing homes.

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. ...

Words matter. It’s amazing to me that today some still use the “F word” to describe where we work. “Facility” is such a cold harsh word and yet, for some, it’s still tossed around without a...

When I was still a prepubescent boy with many questions, never once did my father take me aside and explain how smiles are made. As a result, I’ve always been a terrible smiler, simply because I never...