If there is anyone who knows how to get inside the head of a troubled long-term care resident, it is Eleanor Feldman Barbera. Better than that is the fact that this talented nursing home psychologist is...
Getting good at goodbyes
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 10, 2015
It’s fairly likely that one or more of your employees will be leaving soon. That’s why you need to read this. It will make your organization healthier, and in ways you might have never imagined.
McKnight’s Online Forum arrives Wednesday — 2 webinars on success despite coronavirus
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 23, 2020
Insight and advice for dealing with hardships brought on or exacerbated by COVID-19 will be in store for attendees at a two-pack of McKnight’s educational webinars Wednesday.
More staff creativity called for: 64% of nursing home residents no longer leave their rooms to socialize,...
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2020
Nearly two-thirds of nursing home residents do not leave their rooms to socialize anymore since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey by healthcare research group Altarum has revealed.
Standing up for the recreation departments
By
Carolyn Perito
May 31, 2013
We must ask: After a resident has been treated and taken to the bathroom, and given a meal, what activities exist for him or her?
Help for preventing unplanned employee absences around the holidays
Dec 10, 2015
Already in the midst of various holiday considerations, staff members have extra personal tasks and duties weighing them down. This undoubtedly spills over with hectic work schedules and activities in...
McKnight’s wishes you happy holidays with an eye toward 2017
Dec 22, 2016
The annual end-of-year rush finds providers wrestling with the annual challenge of covering challenging staffing and visitor variations that come as multiple holidays put more people on the move. It all...
LTC staff to receive free behavioral health training in new federal program
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 17, 2022
The new $15 million program will focus on workforce skills in an effort to strengthen behavioral healthcare delivery in long-term care facilities, HHS announced Monday.
Sign up for McKnight’s Fall Expo
Aug 18, 2015
Long-term care providers can earn up to three continuing education credits at McKnight’s 3rd Annual Fall Online Expo.
McKnight’s Online Forum Oct. 28 features psychological hardship strategies, recoveries of COVID-19
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 13, 2020
The McKnight’s Online Forum COVID-19 Update VIII will take place Oct. 28 and feature sessions on coping with the psychological hardships of COVID-19, as well as reimbursement and recoveries.