The demand for U.S. long-term care services has never been greater, largely driven by a rapidly aging population. Spending on nursing facilities and continuing care retirement communities is projected to grow at an average rate of 5.2% per year until 2024, reaching $274 billion in total spending.
Almost everyone has bombed at least one job interview at some point in their career. Maybe even you! Anyone who has experienced a painful exchange with a potential employer will likely chalk it up to lack of preparation.
Integrated care puts an emphasis on training and holistic care, which allows many patients to administer part of their own treatment. In many cases, CKD patients rely heavily on others to complete daily tasks due to the physical tolls of the illness.
It’s no secret that retention is an issue in the senior living and long-term care industry and beyond. With the baby boomer generation aging out of the workforce, millennials are projected to make up for 50% of the workforce by 2020. With tens of thousands of jobs to fill, recruiters are relying on this generation and changes must be made to prepare. One major answer to how to recruit this essential population? Technology.
Fortunately, activity directors are not shy about discussing the types of tools and funding they believe are necessary to truly optimize resident engagement in their communities.
As part of the spirit of Resident Rights, all long-term care facilities have a responsibility to promote fairness and dignity for all residents.
Only a handful of organizations and industries have that amount of data and data sets to make something useful out of it with prescriptive analytics.
Leading by example is a tried and true methodology in any profession. I have seen it at work for 20 years.
With the right EHRs and other technology, along with a culture that encourages change management and recognizes the value of learning new processes, you can have a team that embraces PDPM, instead of dreading it.
ADLs are a reliable index of acuity, especially residents receiving Medicare Skilled coverage, those rated as extensive assistance and totally dependent, or those requiring 2 to 3 caregivers for toilet use, incontinence, turning/repositioning, bed mobility, mechanical lifts, and transfers. Night shifts and weekends are the best staffing windows to measure if ADLs are being met.
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