Most recent articles by Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
NET Therapy: Dementia care best practices + Rehab = Success
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 17, 2015
When I learned about Neurocognitive Engagement Therapy for rehabilitation residents, I had the same reaction I did when I first heard about geriatric emergency rooms: Palm-smack to the forehead, “Why...
Senior bullying: How to recognize it, how to handle it
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 04, 2015
We’ve come a long way with many psycho-social problem areas. Children, for example, start learning about bullies in kindergarten. When it comes to bullying in senior communities, though, we’re...
Reflections after an LTC and senior living summit
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Feb 17, 2015
Last week, I delivered a keynote address on “Identifying and Repairing Communication Gaps in LTC” at an LTC and Senior Living Summit. It was a fascinating, energizing event, and not just because...
Addressing residents’ deepest fear
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Feb 03, 2015
If we address new residents’ hidden concerns, we can better show them we understand and care about how they feel. We can enhance their experiences upon entering our organizations and can market our...
6 ways to improve dealing with death in LTC
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jan 20, 2015
How someone dies is a very important part of the culture of the long-term care organization. Odds are your community can improve its culture in this area.
Use ‘nudge principles’ to prompt staff
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jan 06, 2015
We all can use practice harnessing “less laudatory traits,” such as short-sightedness, inertia, inflated optimism and our tendency to submit to peer pressure. Especially for our work. Here’s...
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through LTC …
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 22, 2014
It was the night before Christmas, Hanukkah was ending and Kwanzaa was right around the corner. The perfect time for a poem.
Seeing the ‘invisible patient’ in LTC
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 11, 2014
Jane Gross’ recent post ‘Seeing the Invisible Patient’ in the “New Old Age” blog of the New York Times discusses how professionals often ignore the needs of caregivers of...
10 reasons I’m thankful to work in LTC
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Nov 26, 2014
I owe a lot of my blessings to working in long-term care, and my LTC career is a blessing in itself. You might have some of these same feelings.
Working on how to communicate in facilities
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Nov 14, 2014
Transitions between care settings are getting more scrutiny than ever before. So thank goodness for new guidelines designed to help smooth them out. Still, we need all the help we can when it comes to...