You will not last long in this field unless you learn how to deal with dying and death. They are inescapable realities in a profession where most customers are old and sick. But there is no way to be completely...
Their generation
By
John O'Connor
Feb 12, 2012
To hear some rock and rollers sneer it, you’d think that living long is a terrible fate. But is that really the case?
Vultures and the smell test
By
John O'Connor
Feb 10, 2012
So I’m listening to the radio the other day when a friendly but serious voice starts in about about how putting a loved one in a nursing home is a gut-wrenching choice. It’s all just a prelude...
Where have you gone, concurrent therapy?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 06, 2012
Five years ago, about a quarter of all nursing facility residents were receiving rehab care in concurrent therapy sessions. These days, almost none do. But it’s not hard to see why this service option...
Peace is hell
By
John O'Connor
Feb 03, 2012
On Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered some tough-love testimony about rising healthcare costs and our shrinking Treasury. This would be very sobering news indeed — if an easy answer...
MedPAC takes an axe to provider payments
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2012
Many Washington politicians are railing against healthcare costs. Nobody can say their rhetoric isn’t being heard by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
Santorum: Let’s get rid of CMS
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2012
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says it’s time to eliminate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Programs administered at least in part by CMS account for the most of the funding...
Cuts illustrate need for new business models, experts say
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2012
As the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and other groups seek to trim public funding for long-term care, the industry needs to mesh with new, strong partners. Such action is the only sure way to preserve...
Meager resource allocation can sink tech efforts: CAST
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2012
High expenses and poor internal collaboration often undermine provider efforts to implement new technology initiatives, according to a report from LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies.
Deficits in proposed ulcer cure, FDA says
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2012
The Food & Drug Administration recently sent a “major deficiency letter” to Sanuwave. Federal regulators said the company’s application for a noninvasive foot therapy to treat diabetic...