It’s no secret that most operators have been struggling lately. The coronavirus has hammered this field in almost every way possible.
Feds turn attention back to facility staffing levels
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2020
In a recent Office of Inspector General report, we learned that federal overseers are not happy about nursing home staffing levels.
My role in long-term care led to PTSD, not COVID-19
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Sep 01, 2020
In my role as a long-term care psychologist in New York City, I try to ensure that each of the residents on my caseload makes the most of the time they have left in life and that they have a “good”...
Put on a Stoic face
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 01, 2020
It seems like every third word I write these days is about the importance of masks. This has clearly become an obsession, and I need professional help to break it.
FocusOn Briefs
Sep 01, 2020
New CDS improves clinical workflow, communication; K4Connect partners with Bandwidth to enhance hotline capabilities; AARP launches age-tech partnership; and HealthcareSource offers senior care hiring...
COVID-19 distractions raise risk of cyberthreats: expert
By
John Hall
Sep 01, 2020
Post-acute care remains among most vulnerable in healthcare because of its lagging IT sophistication.
Staffing firms strive to keep both staff, employers whole
By
John Hall
Sep 01, 2020
Certification programs, training, other efforts geared to address shortages caused by effects of COVID-19.
A touching visitation experience
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 01, 2020
Employing strict social distancing policies has been the norm at nursing homes, especially as some states began allowing outdoor visits at long-term care facilities. Unfortunately, such policies still...
Our pandemic professor: Tamara Konetzka, Ph.D.
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 01, 2020
Though Tamara Konetzka, Ph.D., once imagined herself practicing international law or working in global development, formative years at a D.C.-based lobbying organization laid the groundwork for her to...