PentaStar Collaborative published a white paper surveying 356 nursing home administrators on the CMS Five-Star Rating System and how they felt it Read More »
Janice Hammond, RN from Indiana sent a question about how to get staff to show up for work and on time. This question often comes up during Read More »
My first chemotherapy treatment was last week and I prepared for it carefully. Since I need two aides to assist me with transfers, I was concerned. I Read More »
Any healthcare business, including long-term care, can benefit from implementing a secret shopper program. Nursing homes and assisted living Read More »
The New York Times’ New Old Age column earlier this month contrasted the lives of two people aging in place and wondered whether in at least one case Read More »
It’s funny how a great business opportunity resonates in places you never expected. As a franchisor that is creating first-class assisted-living Read More »
Right now there is a great push to get all residents here to eat in the dining rooms. When I first came here, there was a dining room for the "feeds" Read More »
New employees don’t start in a new position able to succeed without information and direction. Regardless of years of experience in healthcare or a Read More »
There is no doubt that the nursing department houses a large number of employees. It is, most often, the largest department and provides most of the Read More »
Some court decisions leave lots of room for future generations of law school classes to debate the subtleties of the Judge's wording. Yet, other Read More »
The first of a three-part series. To come: Part Two: How to run effective resident council meetings; Part Three: For residents: Reclaiming the Read More »
In a day when, in the mind of some people, anything goes, the field of long-term care administration suffers seriously when people don’t seem to know Read More »
During the CHIME reception at HIMSS in April, I spotted our friend Anthony holding court at a table surrounded by the rich and powerful. (Actually it Read More »
Power chairs are great. I can run the chair and do fine. But when the aides do it there can be problems. I have warned them to be careful and for the Read More »
I asked some experienced nursing home residents if they had any advice they'd like to share with residents who were just arriving, in order to make Read More »
In reaction to the comments regarding my recent blog (click here to view), I have outlined the key points that were presented and the responses to Read More »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is kicking off a five-state pay-for-performance (P4P) demonstration project that will help them Read More »
In this video blog we ask the long-term care industry to step up and educate the public about elder abuse and dispel the myth that the majority of Read More »
It was a beautiful, sunny day and my sister and I were preparing to travel 50 miles to see another oncologist. I was concerned that the ambulette Read More »
(Editor’s note: Dr. Barbera is licensed psychologist consulting in long-term care facilities and is also the newest blogger for Long-Term Living.) Read More »
(Editor's note: This video was originally posted on Anthony's blog on Monday.) Activity directors in nursing homes are a special group, but just Read More »
“I wish I knew she was dying. L.R. and I have been friends for five years. We have been on the same floor. We ate in the same dining room, at the Read More »
I give many keynotes around the country both in hospitals and long-term care settings. And I am continually looking for ways to engage my audiences. Read More »
St. John Specialty Care Center (SJSCC) is using state-of-the-art technology initiatives to achieve its most basic goal of providing residents, no Read More »
How do you replace a 291-bed nursing home with a building that actually looks like a series of homes rather than an institution? It's no small Read More »
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new Interpretive Guidance for several quality of life and environment tags on April 10. Read More »
