Everybody wants to fix Connecticut’s nursing homes. The problem is, the fix elected officials have in mind is empty rhetoric, and it could do more damage than good.
How to drive employees
By
Anthony Cirillo
Sep 01, 2012
According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, when economic times are good, deaths in the United States increase. Yet losing a job when the economy sours can cause one’s health...
Can two industries unite in the fight for caregivers?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2021
They often make less than $12 an hour. They toil through long shifts that start before dawn, doing some of the nation’s most meaningful work on behalf of one of its most vulnerable populations. They...
Care not same as caring
By
Mary Eleanor Wickersham
May 01, 2008
When “Dianne Butler’s” mother was rushed to the emergency room with signs of a heart attack, the ER nurses quickly cut away her snug, pullover silk shift. Hurrying to do CPR and start...
An LTC shrink’s mind
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 01, 2013
These are the initial posts of the popular new McKnights.com blog “The World According to Dr. El.” See more from her at McKnights.com.
A palliative care focus
By
Diane E. Meier, M.D., FACP
Feb 01, 2015
Palliative care, specialized medical care focused on treating the symptoms and stress of serious illness, should be the standard of practice for all elderly people in skilled care settings.
Why managed care is good for long-term care
By
Joseph Healy
Sep 01, 2012
New York is embarking on a historic reform effort to overhaul our state’s Medicaid program — for years it has ranked among the nation’s largest and most expensive of its kind — by requiring...
Oil, gold, nursing homes? Don’t be a commodity
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2021
With all the talk of impending acquisitions lately, it’s hard not to think of skilled nursing facilities as commodities to be bandied about for the right price — or shuttered if they don’t produce...
Vaccination imperative: protecting residents from pneumococcal disease
Sep 01, 2010
It is incumbent upon facility administrators and others in supervisory positions to recognize the severity of pneumococcal disease and give serious thought to providing residents with optimal protection.
Having my say: Not so fast with drugs
Apr 01, 2011
Susan Janeczko, Director of LTC Regulatory and Policy Affairs, National Community Pharmacists Association