CliftonLarsonAllen recently released a report discussing succession planning and found the average age for healthcare CEOs is 58.2 years old. What’s the big takeaway in how organizations are preparing...
How to do it… be ‘up’ on IT
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John Hall
Mar 04, 2016
Information technology can be one of an administrator’s biggest and most intimidating challenges. This special How To article offers expert advice on how providers who don’t typically work...
The ‘other’ incontinence
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Julie Williamson
Mar 04, 2016
Managing fecal incontinence takes a multi-layered approach that everyone in the caregiving loop better start learning more about as soon as possible
Down and dirty
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John Hall
Mar 04, 2016
Cash- and staff-strapped facilities struggle to keep up with regulations and stay ahead of regulators when it comes to laundry and housekeeping operations
Proxy battle is avoided
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Mar 04, 2016
Long-term care provider Extendicare has reached an agreement with investment firm Oxford Park Group that will help avoid a “distracting proxy contest,” the company announced in late January.
Mergers, acquisitions climb, thanks to ‘small deal’ boom
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Mar 04, 2016
The senior care market closed out 2015 with more mergers and acquisitions than in 2014, but the dollar value of those deals was significantly less, according to a new report.
Reader Poll: What advice do you give to new employees?
Mar 04, 2016
“I tell every new associate, whether they’re changing linens, washing dishes, providing nursing care or working in one of our leadership positions: You are an advocate and a professional. Represent...
Winter storm leads us to warm stories, and a plan
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James M. Berklan
Mar 04, 2016
It would be reasonable to think that a storm that caused dozens of deaths and the shutdown of federal government offices is a terrible event. But you would be only half right: A late-January blizzard in...
Proficiency matters
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Steven Littlehale
Mar 04, 2016
An admired colleague once said, “If you want me to be proficient in caring for a specific type of patient, I can … just give me a lot of them.”
Loneliness cure: involve, don’t ‘distract’
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2016
A group of international researchers has imagined a new approach to combating loneliness often associated with long-term care settings.