Study: Assumption endures that Black LTC residents’ proxies reluctant to engage in advance care planning
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 27, 2022
Investigators have found a persistent assumption among nursing home clinicians, administrators and other staff that Black residents’ families prefer more intensive end-of-life interventions.
Long-term care staff warm up to vaccine with 94 percent increase in willingness
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 24, 2021
The latest surveys show a major shift in LTC staff members’ willingness to receive a coronavirus shot, and that healthcare workers are the most trusted source of vaccine information nationally.
Ask the legal expert … about hidden cameras
By
John Durso
Feb 01, 2014
Staff members have discovered a hidden camera that family members planted in their loved one’s room, suspecting that she was being abused or not take care of properly. What should be our next step?