Moment’s after each Super Bowl, a jubilant football player shouts, “I’m going to Disneyland!” Recently I had an opposite realization.
Always running, but never on empty
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 09, 2024
Steve LaForte has learned an important lesson: One cannot competitively meditate.
The saddle in the garage
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 07, 2024
For decades after his last ride, it rested on a sawhorse in a darkened corner of my father’s garage — his favorite Western saddle.
Winslow Campus of Care CEO makes it a family affair
By
John Hall
Jun 05, 2024
For Cathy Williams, work in long-term care has never been just an occupation. It’s been a lifelong endeavor.
DocNow raises cash to expand LTC EHR
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 12, 2024
Bellevue, WA-based DocNow, an electronic health record and wound care management solution provider, has closed a seed funding round led by Waterline Ventures. The company plans on using the capital to...
‘Clear’ vision helps him find joy daily
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2024
Mick Vujanović believes that a lesson in company priorities should include a bit of fun. To that end, the CEO of ClearView Healthcare Management recently planned an important visit at one of the company’s...
60 Seconds with … Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2024
Q: Why have you focused on studying pain among nursing home patients with dementia? A: We don’t do a good job of assessing, diagnosing the underlying cause of the pain and then managing it. We don’t,...
Rural nursing homes in peril
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2024
Like many of its skilled nursing neighbors in the Cornhusker State, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role with special small-town flourishes and succumbing...
Feeling stressed? Use your chopsticks
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 04, 2024
We’ve long known that mindfulness programs can improve the physical and emotional well-being of nursing home residents — and the rest of us too.
Ask the wound care expert … about antibiotics
By
Fatima Naqvi, MD
Feb 01, 2024
Should we always use topical antibiotics in wounds?