Providers may learn it’s hard to hit the bull’s-eye when you’re aiming at the wrong target
The world is watching and it’s no time to look the COVID-19 vaccine gift horse in the mouth.
Daily Editors’ Notes
The pandemic is raging. Turn up the music
As long as this pandemic has us in the dark days of winter, we might as well make the best of it. Music, anyone?
The overlooked elephant in the room
Almost lost amid the chaos and carnage depicted when an angry mob descended on the U.S. Capitol last week was a development that may affect long-term care more directly.
‘The finish line is in sight. We just all have to keep running’
You don’t always have to “beat” anyone else to enjoy success. Sometimes you just have to get to the finish line, and to do that, you merely have to keep running.
What residents can teach us about vaccine risk
Dealing with the everyday fears of this pandemic sometimes feels like dancing with a ghost.
You know what’s coming in 2021 — or do you?
Let me spare you a lot of unnecessary reading and worry, while offering some advice about the road ahead.
It’s time to notice the roses, thorns and buds
The most physically demanding thing I’ve ever done is backpack in the Rocky Mountains for about two weeks in raw conditions with energetic youngsters 30 years younger than me. There was extreme heat, snow, arduous hauling of everything we needed on our backs — and uncertainty every day. Add in elevations above 10,000 feet, and…
Next year already looks all too familiar
It’s entirely possible there may be some real curve balls tucked into next year’s calendar. But it’s also likely that many semi-sleepless nights will be caused by recurring nightmares.
New Women of Distinction category honors LTC stalwarts
As the early-entry discount period comes to a close Wednesday, I find it pretty fitting that the third annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards will honor longtime caregivers who are not in the C-suite.
For long-term care, mixed news is good news
Two headlines we ran Friday probably tell you most of what you need to know about the current state of long-term care.
The COVID-19 journey: Two providers’ stories
To better understand how the imminent COVID-19 vaccines will affect this sector, you merely need to talk to those in the field — people like Administrator Hayley Boutte, administrator of Maison Teche Nursing Center in Jeanerette, LA, and Assistant Administrator Sophia Brown of Mountain View Manor in Bryson City, NC. These providers have had different…
Scary stuff is happening in long-term care
I was recently talking to a sibling who moved out West. Thanks to the miracle of remote work, he was able to ditch cold winters while keeping his day job. As they say, nice work if you can get it.
Stumped what to get her? This could be the perfect thing
I don’t care if your big year-end thing is Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s or Festivus. You have a unique opportunity to give a special gift to someone special to the field.
A critical next step: Take the vaccine
The last month of 2020 is proving to be more exciting than we might have anticipated.
For long-term care operators, 2020 has been one step forward …
The imminent arrival of several anti-COVID vaccines may be the best news we get this year. But that hardly means new challenges are off the grid.
Florida’s John Knox Village stands tall against COVID-19
Probe a bit beneath the surface and you’ll see that all is not lost in the battles against COVID-19. There are not only players standing amidst the wreckage but standing tall.
For long-term care, a pointed issue on the horizon
Following some miraculous breakthroughs, it looks like we may soon have a COVID-19 vaccine. So at least workers will soon be universally inoculated, right? Not necessarily.
Long-term care headed for a high-proof shot of reality?
I was taught long ago that liquor has a way of magnifying something that’s already there. A truly happy person will becomes extremely jocular and gregarious when drunk. On the other hand, an innately unhappy person will become a mean or abusive drunk. America, safe to say, is in the midst of a heck of…
An early holiday gift: COVID-19 knowledge and tools
There certainly is a lot that one can be down about this year. But what about what we DO have?
The next 4 years might not be much to laugh about
I must admit I am going to miss Donald Trump being our president.
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