Unconventional ways to assess risk in nursing homes
By
Connie Polke
Mar 30, 2021
The purpose of a qualified risk management department in healthcare is to assess, monitor, and implement plans and policies in order to decrease their exposure. There are many areas that need to be addressed...
The overdue digital revolution in post-acute workforce management
By
Rachel Schiff
Mar 25, 2021
Workforce shortages are well understood challenges of the healthcare industry. However, the skilled nursing industry has always been hit the hardest. This market is characterized by tight margins and facilities...
Reflecting on the Shine Your Light celebration
By
Andrew Morton
Alisa Tagg
Charles de Vilmorin
Mar 23, 2021
Throughout the pandemic, senior living leaders have been focused on health and safety as they grapple with the deadly rate of virus infections and its impact on the lives of millions of older adults, staff...
Put time on your side: Four ways a time clock can fast forward goals
By
Jim Pirraglia
Mar 19, 2021
Despite an ongoing evolution of employee time-tracking solutions, many long-term care organizations still rely on antiquated time clocks that do little more than record a worker’s comings and goings....
A pandemic in the internet age: The catalyst for lasting healthcare transformation?
By
Nodar Janas, M.D.
Daniel Freidman, M.D.
Jana Goldberg, M.D.
Jeff Wessler, M.D.
Mar 17, 2021
Much has changed since the 1918 flu pandemic, when fewer than 35% of US households were connected by telephones. We have since evolved to be continuously connected, and our medical knowledge and abilities...
From responding to recovering to revitalizing
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Mar 15, 2021
“Chance created the situation; genius made use of it.” – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace I admit, I haven’t read Tolstoy’s lengthy tome, War and Peace. But I recently saw the above quote from...
Tackling senior care staffing challenges during COVID-19 and beyond
By
David Wilkins
Mar 11, 2021
It has been a year since COVID-19 struck senior care with a vengeance, and the dual pressures to ensure the financial health of an organization along with the physical and mental health of its residents...
How a skilled nursing organization mitigated COVID-19 supply chain risk
By
Kim Salmon
Brad Mariam
Mar 09, 2021
Occasional hurricanes, Nor’easters and infectious diseases are just a few of the situations that have kicked disaster response into high gear for SALMON Health & Retirement, a senior living community...
Making the case for real-time location services in long-term care
By
Polina Braunstein
Mar 04, 2021
Long-term care communities have both a pressing duty and a powerful self-interest to efficiently trace the contacts of anyone with COVID-19 within their community. Yet contact tracing is notoriously painstaking...
Managing transition-associated traumas: Making the move to long-term care a success
By
Lindsey Poeth
Mar 02, 2021
A move into an eldercare community can be stressful and sometimes traumatic. One unique phenomenon I observed while working with families during such moves was the collapse of the process in its final...