September 2007 Issue of McKnight's Long Term Care News

Features

Good long-term care governing practices improve risk management

A strong, committed long-term care governing board can raise a facility's risk management policies to new heights.

News

Salaries increase for DONs, administrators

Good nursing leaders are a hot commodity - at least if the most recently compiled salary findings are to be believed.

Prosecutor also 'on trial' in New Orleans homicide case

Many observers have questioned why government prosecutors would charge a pair of Louisiana nursing home owners for criminally negligent homicide after an unprecedented natural disaster ...

60 Seconds with

60 Seconds with...

Jane F. Potter, MD Board Chairwoman, American Geriatrics Society

Ask the nursing expert

I am having a hard time getting my licensed staff to be open to the idea of updating their skills. Any ideas?

Ask the payment expert

What should our facility do to minimize our risk of medical review?

Design

Nursing Home Design - Samaritan Manor, Detroit

Motown receives its first new nursing home since the 1980s. Private rooms lend a homelike touch to the renovated hospital space

The big picture

Shame is powerful motivator

About a decade ago, I wrote a controversial column that offended some readers. In it, I suggested the industry start policing itself by identifying and ...

Editor’s desk

The message is perfectly clear: Too often we aren't

The telephone call came from the doctor's office. I wasn't put off too much that an office worker was on the line instead of the ...

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