Nursing home medical directors, by federal regulation (Section 483.70 (h)), are responsible for coordinating the medical care of highly complex individuals who reside in these facilities. The recent...
Government inaction is neglect
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jun 25, 2024
Some people look forward to spring for the warmer weather and daffodils. I love spring because the Cleveland International Film Festival comes around. I saw a movie this year called First We Bombed New...
Workforce crisis in LTC: Is it a recruitment problem or a leadership problem?
By
Dana Weaver
Jun 28, 2024
Stop me if you have heard this one before. Senior care is suffering an unprecedented staffing crisis, and it’s not getting better no matter what leadership tries… Yes, you have heard this...
Pretending to care about caregivers
By
Brendan Williams
Jun 26, 2024
As part of his undeclared candidacy to be California’s next governor, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra paid a pandering visit in April to the Los Angeles headquarters of an SEIU...
The impact of survey delays on nursing home quality and consumer information
By
Steven Littlehale
May 24, 2024
In a column published by McKnight’s in December 2023, “Revamping CMS Survey Data Integration Amid Regulatory Lag in Nursing Home Oversight,” I urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
A new anti-bullying campaign?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 02, 2022
You see them everywhere. Anti-bullying campaigns. People are bullied for just about anything. For looking different, for different beliefs, for sexual orientations, for race, creed, color, religion, etc. ...
Have to, get to, want to
By
Julie Thorson
May 10, 2024
Mindset has been on my mind lately. How’s that for an opening sentence? The filter of “H-G-W” (Have to, Get to, Want to), specifically, is weighing on me as a leader. I believe approach matters,...
Honoring the fallen
By
Michael Wasserman
May 08, 2024
It’s been more than four years since the onset of the tragic pandemic that took the lives of nearly a quarter million vulnerable older adults living in nursing homes. Their lives mattered. How they spent...
Assuring PACE for frail seniors: Recommendations to simplify enrollment and expansion
By
Jade Gong
Jennie Chin Hansen
Dec 09, 2022
In October 2022, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report titled “Improving Access to and Enrollment in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).” In the report, the BPC...
We need transparent solutions rather than excuses
By
Michael Wasserman
Apr 10, 2024
Financial success and sustainability are at the heart of the fiduciary responsibility duty. Physician leaders must balance the potential conflict between their Hippocratic Oath and fiduciary responsibility. ...