If there’s a prevailing theme around the hours American Health Care Association senior fellow Elise Smith keeps, it’s that they are constant.
Residents cheer tractor parade
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 01, 2014
Many residents of the Oskaloosa Care Center in southern Iowa used to be farmers. They’re reminded of their past by the cornfield next to the nursing home — and, once a year, by a parade of antique...
No need for injury
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Sep 01, 2014
Due to dynamic factors in moving residents, facilities must invest wisely in lifts, slings and batteries to make sure workers stay safe while performing transfers
Success without silos
By
Julie Williamson
Sep 01, 2014
Minimum data set coordinators should get as much support as possible from colleagues as they navigate data set changes and ever-evolving requirements
Enhancing well-being
By
G. Allen Power, M.D.
Sep 01, 2014
I set out to re-examine dementia from a different framework — one that takes us beyond “interventions” and “programs” to a proactive, strength-based approach.
Redoing readmissions
By
Tom DePoy
Sep 01, 2014
When people are discharged from the hospital following an illness, injury or surgery, that’s often not the end of the story.
Complainers, take note: This one is all for you
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2014
As a long-term caregiver, you get yelled at, told off, put down and dumped on regularly — and that’s during good weeks.
You’re the detective
By
Steven Littlehale
Sep 01, 2014
In the evidence-based healthcare world, you need to become a real Sherlock (or Shirley) Holmes to take your clues (data) and put them together logically (analyze the data) to make analytics-based decisions...
60 seconds with … Ed McMahon, Ph.D.
Sep 01, 2014
Q: You recently received the Mary K. Ousley Champion of Quality Award from the American Health Care Association. What are some of the biggest current obstacles to improving quality in long-term care?
Nursing homes may benefit from delayed RN retirements
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Sep 01, 2014
Nursing homes may benefit from registered nurses working longer after age 50, researchers from RAND Corporation say.