With December nearing its end, we took the opportunity to see which blog postings at mcknights.com were the most popular with McKnight’s Long-Term Care News readers in 2020.
The list below details some of the top postings from regular and guest contributors brought to you between Jan. 1 and Dec. 21.
Top column by Editorial Director John O’Connor:
O’Connor exposes a wicked double standard when it comes to hospitals and nursing homes.
Top column by Executive Editor James M. Berklan:
The ugly truth about your neighbors and COVID-19
Berklan noted that the raging ageism running through America will end up shamefully costing many more lives until a collective mindset drastically changes.
Top column by Senior Editor Liza Berger
Following the release of federal guidance on reopening nursing homes for visitation in May, Berger explained the need for regulators to be more attuned to what’s happening in the skilled nursing industry in order for more people to feel secure about the guidance.
Top ‘The Real Nurse Jackie’ column:
Clinical exec and blogger Jacqueline Vance shared her disdain for people who choose not to wear a mask as a mitigation measure to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Read more “The Real Nurse Jackie” installments here.
Top ‘The World According to Dr. El’ column:
Managing staff anxiety in the time of COVID-19
Long-term care psychologist Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D., detailed the enormous stress COVID-19 has put on long-term care staff members — and helpfully included strategies for providers to handle the stressful period.
Read more about “The World According to Dr. El” here.
Top ‘Rehab Realities’ column:
COVID-19 and the impact on swallow
Therapy exec and blogger Renee Kinder explained how many COVID-19 risk factors, interventions and recovery paths can further compound a person’s ability to swallow and maintain nutritional status once in skilled nursing care.
More “Rehab Realities” columns can be found here.
Top ‘Things I Think’ column:
Coping with COVID-19, the beard and Chuck Norris
Blogger Gary Tetz provides a typically whimsical, yet deeply poignant and insightful, look into how he and others were coping with the public health crisis.
Find more “Things I Think” posts by clicking here.
Top ‘Living Leadership’ column:
Provider CEO Julie Thorson explained how the pandemic turned the Greatest Generation into the Forgotten Generation.
Find other “Living Leadership” columns here.
Top Guest Column:
Nursing homes’ raw deal during COVID-19
President and CEO of the American College of Health Care Administrators William “Bill” McGinley tapped out one of the most powerful pieces of the year. In detailing the lack of support nursing home providers, workers and residents were receiving during the early days of the pandemic, McGinley’s column went viral among providers, and beyond.
More Guest Columns can be found here.
Top Marketplace Experts Column:
Communicating with patients and families during COVID-19: Five messages to consider
Co-founder and CEO of Nexus Health Resources Virginia Feldman, M.D., provided helpful — and much needed — recommendations for providers on how they can better talk to families about COVID-19.
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