Boston-based Brighton Marine offers a new model of transitional care for veterans, complete with historical design elements.
The union challenge
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2020
When it comes to labor unions, life has afforded me a somewhat unique perspective.
Providers finally get what they want, or do they?
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2020
The surreal nature of 2020 may be no better illustrated than by a recent two-day funnel cloud of activity churned by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that put nursing homes on a pedestal. You...
Do you speak Year 2020?
By
Julie Thorson
Nov 01, 2020
I’ve always been a big believer that the words we choose to use really do matter. They help us understand; they convey emotion and information, and connect us to one another. What will the words of 2020...
Embracing the now
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 01, 2020
It’s one of the most ubiquitous laments of the pandemic, how time passes in a shapeless blur. “Sunrise, sunset. Swiftly flow the days,” goes the song from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” And...
Pandemic creates difficult financial terrain for SNFs
By
John Hall
Nov 01, 2020
Providers confront challenges, from low occupancy to earnings losses, but opportunities beckon as well.
COVID-19 upsets balance of wound healing and practices
By
John Hall
Nov 01, 2020
Virus may hurt wound recovery, while limiting nursing home workers can hinder conventional wound therapy.
November FocusOn Briefs
Nov 01, 2020
Ziegler research highlights home-based primary care needs; Lancaster Pollard discloses senior living team promotions; and Capital Funding Group posts record first half in financing.
Centenarian’s first B-day party
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 01, 2020
Elmer Kruse, a resident at Terrace View Gardens in Cincinnati, never had a birthday party for himself. That changed this year after staff members threw him a 100th birthday celebration — and one to remember.
Wasserman goes the distance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Michael Wasserman, M.D., President, California Association of Long Term Care Medicine