Dear baby boomers, Thank you, thank you, thank you! You made my ugly-as-sin, chunky, deep-cut, orthopedic “sneakers” acceptable to wear with my fancy tailored business suit. I don’t have to...
Wiser and wider: 3 takeaways from this year’s big events
By
John O'Connor
Oct 28, 2022
I’m always hit by a mixture of euphoria and fatigue at the conclusion of the big fall gatherings. These trade shows/conferences certainly provide an abundance of food, stimulating conversation, food,...
This group has a lock on aging in place
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2022
There’s one rapidly aging in place population that not many pundits are thinking of in their equations. And it’s growing explosively.
I rinse out my plastic bags
By
Steven Littlehale
Sep 22, 2017
I rinse out my used plastic bags. Maybe not all the time, but often … I do love our Mother Earth, but that wasn’t driving my behavior.
Keep up with the population
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 31, 2016
When people ask me how I take my coffee, my answer is “Seriously, very seriously!” This is no joke. Just ask my well-trained (and very tolerant) husband, who knows to avoid me until I have...
Long-term care financing is especially hard for older people who rent their homes, and that number is...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 03, 2014
Younger baby boomers might have particularly difficult problems paying for long-term care because they have lower rates of homeownership than previous generations, according to a report released Monday...
Ask the nursing expert … about managing across generations
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Aug 01, 2014
How can I navigate the many variables I’m faced with — age, gender, culture, education levels — to put a quality team together?
Chance of a senior developing Alzheimer’s has dropped 44% over the last three decades, large U.S....
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 16, 2014
The odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease fell sharply among seniors in the United States over the last 30 years, according to research presented Tuesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International...
Top 10 best practices for social media in LTC
By
Angie C. Davis and Steven W. Fulgham
Jun 04, 2014
Like it or not, social media is now seen as activity of daily living for your residents and employees. More than 55 million photos a day are uploaded to Instagram and shared.[1] If you thought Facebook...
How’s this for a change? Poll says they like you
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2014
Lost in the year-end shuffle was nursing home operators’ most optimistic story of 2013: The public has an all-time high opinion of you.