Last week an insurance adjuster came over to scope out some storm damage. Anyone who enters my home must be vaccinated or wear a mask (I keep clean masks at the front door. I’m nice like that). If...
When good men say nothing
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 05, 2021
Though Genesis HealthCare is making vaccinations for long-term care workers mandatory, I’m not so foolish as to reveal my own true feelings about the requirement. I fear the warring ghosts of liberty...
Overcoming vaccine hesitancy with information hygiene
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
May 04, 2021
While the pandemic ripped its way across the world, another disease spread rampantly throughout our country: A virus of misinformation and disinformation — causing a widespread erosion of trust. We’re...
Hold on. This is gonna hurt.
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 10, 2021
I was listening earlier this week to an update on federal vaccine mandate challenges, which seem likely to send us on a roller coaster ride of emotions, preparedness and, potentially, disorganization,...
Achieving full staff vaccination through leadership, culture and longevity
By
Kathleen O'Connor
Nov 01, 2021
It was around the time that Pfizer submitted its first vaccine trial information to federal officials that Mary Saleh, LSW, administrator of Alden Lincoln Park in Chicago, started talking with her staff...
The High Court drama you might not have noticed behind decision to uphold vaccine mandate
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Jan 19, 2022
Skilled nursing operators may have missed from the highly covered proceedings, however, is the utter drama that unfolded between the justices and their writings