Another change to serve long-term care providers and consumers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 04, 2019
A recent move by LeadingAge and the Visiting Nurse Associations of America / ElevatingHOME is another example of how the aging services field is adapting to meet the needs of those served.
Paying it forward
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 31, 2015
Residents of a New Jersey continuing care retirement community recently gave some employees the ultimate school supplies.
The amazing people among us
By
John O'Connor
Dec 11, 2019
Dozens of senior living residents took their final breath week. Margaret Lawrence was among them. But she was no ordinary face in the crowd.
What hospitals can do for you
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2016
Some senior living operators have been focused on communicating what they can offer to hospitals, but a new study provides an example of something that hospitals can do for senior living.
Staffing challenges are easy to see, hard to fix
By
John O'Connor
Aug 05, 2021
It’s not exactly a secret that the field could do a better job of luring good candidates and making sure they do their jobs well. So why isn’t that happening? In a word, economics.
How senior living can avoid skilled care’s nightmare
By
John O'Connor
Mar 22, 2018
Nursing homes are the proverbial canary in the coal mine. They are chirping, but are you listening?
What you need to know about flu vaccination
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 07, 2019
Here are some important takeaways about influenza vaccination from my conversation with the medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
Senior living operators, be careful with this new superpower
By
John O'Connor
Sep 12, 2019
An obsession with numbers can have a real downside.
Courting disaster on the senior living labor front?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 14, 2019
Two recent developments show that finding and keeping competent staff soon might become more challenging than ever.
How to work wellness into the workplace
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 12, 2016
A recent study suggests a new reason to walk in the workplace.