Digital edition of March 2021 issue
Read the digital edition of the March 2021 print issue here. Select excerpts from this month’s magazine can also be found below.
Print Issue: March 2021
60 seconds with … Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N,
Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N, John A. Hartford Foundatio
Ask the care expert: Do you know any way I could recognize some staff who go above and beyond for our residents?
I am a new DON. Do you know any way I could recognize some staff who go above and beyond for our residents? We do recognizer them in the building, but I want everyone to know how long-term care has wonderful angels who work here!
Ask the treatment expert: When is it time to discontinue a specialty mattress for a patient who has healed pressure ulcers?
When is it time to discontinue a specialty mattress for a patient who has healed pressure ulcers?
Ask the nursing expert: Should I complete an Interim Payment Assessment if a Medicare Part A resident becomes COVID-positive during a skilled therapy stay?
Should I complete an Interim Payment Assessment (IPA) if a Medicare Part A resident becomes COVID-positive during a skilled therapy stay?
Ask the payment expert: Why was a payment denial not covered by one of the current waivers?
I received a denial for a resident who was at another facility, transferred to the hospital and subsequently admitted to our facility. Shouldn’t this have been covered by one of the current waivers?
Ask the legal expert: Can we fire someone for not letting us know they have COVID-19 symptoms and coming to work anyway?
It almost sounds crazy, given the staffing shortages everywhere, but can we fire someone for not letting us know they have COVID-19 symptoms and coming to work anyway?
The new normal? COVID-19 precautions and innovations drive daily life even as vaccinations rise, cases fall
As COVID-19 began its death march through long-term care facilities early last spring, Principle LTC President and CEO Lynn Hood opened a Special Care Unit to treat infected patients from many of her chain’s 46 facilities.
How to do it … Documenting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
In assessing the obstacles in the sometimes-bumpy vaccine rollout last December, Harvard Medical School healthcare policy professor David Grabowski echoed a familiar refrain among critics about “the sheer amount of labor required to fill out forms and upload data to ensure that consent was obtained and that each dose is tracked.” Experts weigh in here about providers’ role in recording and documenting this unprecedented event, to learn for future events.
Facing a harbor of hell
Ed was only 17 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. In fact, he was there that day as a Navy Petty Officer, moving in an open boat between the exploding battleships and plucking survivors out of the water.
