Q: Why have you focused on studying pain among nursing home patients with dementia? A: We don’t do a good job of assessing, diagnosing the underlying cause of the pain and then managing it. We don’t,...
Signature HealthCare’s Barbara Revelette on redesigning care delivery one role at a time
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2022
Amid a nationwide staffing shortage, Signature HealthCare has undertaken a major effort to redesign care delivery, an effort Chief Nursing Operator Barabara Revelette, RN, MSN, says benefits caregivers...
Meet Barbara Richards, 2022 Spirit Award winner
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C. Max Bachmann
Jul 27, 2022
A series of tornadoes swept across the southern United States and Ohio Valley last December, decimating homes and taking the lives of numerous people. Unluckily, one of those tornadoes came barrelling...
Meet Barbara Galindo, Veteran VIP honoree
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Emma Baumgartel
Aug 05, 2021
Barbara Galindo, administrator, Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon, Miami is in the 2021 class of Mcknight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP honoree.
Barbara Bush gives gift to providers in final hours
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 08, 2018
Shortly after her death in mid-April, the tributes to former First Lady Barbara Bush washed over the media landscape for a few news cycles. Then, unfortunately, they faded.
Profile: Barbara Gay
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2015
Growing up in a quintessential New England town with extended family all around, Barbara Gay always appreciated the rich relationships she had with older adults.
Cindy Smith has perhaps one of the greatest skills needed for long-term care: the knowledge and experience to reduce the time needed to obtain a prior authorization.
Whistleblowers get another chance to fine-tune 8-year-old allegations against Genesis
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2024
More than eight years after first alleging False Claims Act violations against Genesis Healthcare and Sun Healthcare, a group of whistleblowers was given more time to refine its case.
Half a century and 4 million meals haven’t slowed down this long-term care culinary king
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 10, 2024
For almost as long as there has been a Buena Vista Care Center in Santa Barbara, CA, Miguel Pulido has been there — making sure the residents of the nursing home are fed and happy.