Facility management

Liability Landscape

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Liability Landscape

LIABILITY landscapeBY LINDA WILLIAMS, RNDealing with depression It is estimated that of the 32 million people age 65 and older, 5 million suffer from Read More »

Reaching and Teaching Families by Phone

BY CRAIG LUND Reaching and teaching families by phoneKeeping lines of communication open is improved with a new take on existing technology  Today, Read More »

Focus On…Laundry

focuson LaundryDesigning your laundry room for maximum efficiencyKim Shady tells how the benefits of a well-designed on-premise laundry operation Read More »

More Than Surviving: Keys to Thriving as an Administrator

BY JENNIFER MCCARTHY, PHD, MPH More than surviving: Keys to thriving as an administratorWhy do administrators like their work? A scientific Read More »

Building Professionalism and Customer Service

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Avoid Overpaying Nursing Home Property Taxes

BY WILLIAM B. ARDERN II Avoid overpaying nursing home property taxesA primer on the pitfalls leading to unnecessary overhead Annual property taxes Read More »

Are Your Products Environment-Responsible?

Are your products environment-responsible?An interview with Arthur Weissman, PhD, President and CEO, Green Seal, Inc.  In recent years, environmental Read More »

Thinking About the Unthinkable: Staff Sexual Abuse of Residents

BY DOUGLAS J. EDWARDS, ASSISTANT EDITOR Thinking about the unthinkable: Staff sexual abuse of residentsAlthough few staff members ever cross the Read More »

Renovation on a Budget

"Cinderella" comes to life at South Haven Healthcare Centre BY KATHY KRUEGER   Renovation is becoming an increasingly urgent issue for our aging Read More »

Liability Landscape

LIABILITY landscapeBY LINDA WILLIAMS, RNKeeping residents safe while on the go When you think of resident deaths and injuries associated with nursing Read More »

Act as Though Your Customer Is Right

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Quality Close-Up: Stories From Three Administrators

Quality close-upSTORIES FROM THREE ADMINISTRATORSBASED ON INTERVIEWS BY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, JASON STAHL, ASSOCIATE EDITOR; AND TODD Read More »

Liability Landscape

LIABILITY landscapeBY LINDA WILLIAMS, RNHandling constipation and fecal impaction As staff at most nursing facilities are aware, the occurrence of a Read More »

Spring-Cleaning: Keep Pests Where They Belong

BY FRANK MEEK, BCE Spring-cleaning: Keep pests where they belongThe first in a set of seasonal guides to pest management*  Spring is in the air. As Read More »

On the Town

BY JILL SMOLLER On the townRewarding-and maintaining-a top-quality staff  On a lovely May morning in 2004, a limousine rolled to a stop and we all Read More »

Focus On…Housekeeping/Maintenance

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Liability Landscape

LIABILITY landscapeBY LINDA WILLIAMS, RNDo you have the 'right' to use a chemical restraint? The medical necessity for the use of any form of Read More »

Environmentally Responsible Pest Management

BY ERIC EICHER Environmentally responsible pest managementSafer and more targeted ways than wholesale spraying are available Residents and their Read More »

PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TRANSITIONING TO A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM

Is it time for your long-term care organization to take the plunge and invest in one of the latest healthcare information technology systems? Is it Read More »

Marketing to Meet Today’s Consumer Demands

BY LOU BURGESS  Marketing to meet today's consumer demandsAttending to the "little" details can give your long-term care facility or senior community Read More »

Today’s Administrator and DON

The jobs aren't what they used to be-three distinguished practitioners tell whyBASED ON INTERVIEWS BY SANDRA HOBAN, MANAGING EDITOR, AND TODD Read More »

Risk Prevention Means Teamwork

BY ROBIN A. BLEIER, RN, CLC, LHCRM This article is based on a presentation at the 17th Annual NADONA/LTC conference, Orlando, Florida, Read More »

Building a Bridge to Education

BY KATHLEEN K. BROGAN, MSN, MSHED, RN, AND ANNA MARSHALICK, MSN, RN  To address the extreme nursing shortages that exist today and are predicted for Read More »

What Staff Are Saying: A Firsthand Report

BY MARIAN DEUTSCHMAN, PHD When you ask nursing home staff about their jobs and ideas for improvement, what do you hear? A few years ago I visited Read More »

Lawyers Have Gone Fishing

BY RIC HENRY, CPHRM, CNHA, FACHCA  "Gone fishing"-these words should be posted on the doors of many plaintiffs' attorneys across the country. For Read More »

Liability Landscape

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Risk-Retention Groups: An Alternate Way to Secure Insurance

BY SCOTT A. MAGER, ESQ. The landscape for the long-term care industry is not a pretty sight. Advertising by lawyers sensationalizing negative Read More »

Time to AIM at Career Development

BY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFEver get the feeling that you've been spinning your wheels professionally, that your career has bogged down in Read More »

Controlling Budget Variance

BY SUSAN J. PENNER  Long-term care administrators are familiar with monitoring their budgets, and they soon learn from experience that some sources Read More »