Just below the surface: Depression in the elderly
We must dig deep, assess the unique coloring in any “heaviness” in our patients and understand what may be just below the surface.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
What’d you ‘SA’? Considerations for aphasia
Imagine for a moment being trapped in your own mind. Unable to form words, unable to understand others.
PDPM facts and when not to read between the lines
Therapy providers and teams need to have a fundamental understanding of how their coding practice, clinical trending and reimbursement levels compare to others in their state and across the nation.
COVID-19 & Flu: Considerations for the rehab team
Let’s face it: COVID-19 is here to stay for a while and as our summer season ends another season is on the way. Flu season.
The Derby days of summer
We are one week ahead of a historic Kentucky Derby, and I ask you: Is your rehab provider wearing blinders?
Therapists’ biggest battle of 2020 is not COVID-19
If we have learned anything during this pandemic it is that we cannot go at this alone.
The good old days: When germs were good
My household smells like the inside of a swimming pool. Literally, only Clorox will do. Walls, floors, bathrooms, kitchen, even in the laundry. Everyone here has some piece of clothing that has suffered with the proof shown in spot, discoloration and fading.
Healthcare literacy: More than you learned in kindergarten
As we soak up the summer heat, look longingly for the days of normal life, and seek the structure back to school season provides, let us refocus on lessons learned.
Therapy and the COVID fog
COVID-19, we are navigating your blinding and winding path and will arise from grips stronger than ever.
Precious is life and lessons not to be forgotten
There is much being said about the precious nature of life these days.
Therapy and telehealth: Success and challenges
If at first you don’t succeed, keep justifying yourself until you get a win from federal regulators. That has to be the mantra for therapy providers and others during this pandemic.
Patients first: Do the little things right
Providing the right care for our nursing home should be a little thing. Not a big thing, not a struggle, not a herculean task battling red tape in your organization, and one that should allow us to use basic human common sense.
COVID-19 and the impact on swallow
Thankfully, post-acute care focus on swallow assessment and rehabilitation has improved since the implementation of the Patient Drive Payment Model.
Post-intensive Care Syndrome — what SNFs need to know
These are trying times, but professionally and personally they also represent great opportunities to give our patients our best.
Seeking paradise in a pandemic
When will we ever see paradise again? It may be staring you in the face already, or just around the corner.
Therapy in a COVID-19 world: Telehealth, e-visits, and essential healthcare personnel
The therapy world as we know it has been transformed in the era of COVID-19. Allow me to provide some important answers to some important questions.
Televisit: Tips for communicating with loved ones from afar
I have seen recommendations that families have been advised to communicate via phone, FaceTime, Skype, and other various modes of communication. But are residents prepared to do this?
The RAW data truth about Medicare Part B
If there is a buzzword being used in our industry right now, it would be “data.” What will your data say about you?
Every step you take: A personal PDPM family perspective
This week has been eye-opening. I shifted from policy enthusiast to affected family member.
Change, it doesn’t have to be hard
We have all heard “change is hard.” But I am here to tell you that with some purposeful planning, it doesn’t have to be.
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