Having a diverse administrative workforce requires new ideas on the process of training administrators and encouraging organizations to provide those training opportunities.
Falls can cost more than an arm and a leg
By
John O'Connor
Oct 31, 2014
Long-term care operators have many good reasons to keep resident falls to an absolute minimum. Yet it’s amazing how blasé we’ve become about the damage that falls inflict.
Preparing charge nurses for success!
By
Susan LaGrange
Nov 15, 2013
Today more than ever, we hear about the importance of PROACTIVE approaches to prevent as many unfavorable events as possible. One of the key essential proactive approaches that we can implement is to PREPARE...
It’s possible to put workers first without breaking the system
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 26, 2022
The demands on nursing home staff (and their right to demand more for themselves) threaten to break the system. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
HBO documentary reveals a certified nursing assistant’s struggle
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 18, 2014
President Lyndon Johnson highlighted impoverished families in Appalachia when he declared a “war on poverty.” Fifty years later, as the nation takes stock of how successfully we’ve waged...