Even if long-term care providers don’t know much about the personal life of Alice Bonner, Ph.D., RN, they have likely seen her in running shoes.
Wither the County Home?
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 02, 2013
With funding and philosophical challenges permeating their day-to-day operations, a
dwindling number of county-run nursing homes find themselves at a perilous crossroads
Gear up for another healthcare payment fight
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 20, 2017
Watching the GOP try to force through its latest healthcare reform plan, which would once again hit Medicaid hard, I was reminded of something my mother used to jokingly say: “It’s like deja...
Kneed to know basis
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 10, 2012
What do professional athletes, teachers and healthcare workers have in common? In addition to being in professions with a lot of pressure, they’re all putting lots of pressure on their knees.
Kneed to know basis
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 10, 2012
What do professional athletes, teachers and healthcare workers have in common? In addition to being in professions with a lot of pressure, they’re all putting lots of pressure on their knees.
Keep the Public Health Commissioned Corps robust
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 29, 2018
A challenge for long-term care providers right now is figuring out what to expend mental energy on when it comes to news and policy reform.
Lack of oversight may make operators liable, court rules
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2011
A group of Pittsburgh nursing home operators’ lack of oversight for their now-defunct nonprofit facility may leave them liable in the eyes of the law, according to the ruling of a federal appeals...
When to take away the gun?
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 26, 2016
While we spend a lot of time talking about depression and loneliness in long-term care, we spend less time talking about suicidal seniors. Here’s why we need to.
Cues from canines in dementia research
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 12, 2016
There’s debate in the Leis/Newman households over the intelligence of the family basset hound, Daisy Mae. My mother believes Daisy Mae is purely food-driven, rather than intellectually gifted. I...
Future of Medicaid managed care still uncertain
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 28, 2017
If the GOP’s American Health Care Act had passed, the federal match for $550 billion of Medicaid would have ended by moving to per-beneficiary spending limits.