If we want to prevent future illness of patients and staff and defeat the virus, we need to make it possible for home care workers to have access to this potentially lifesaving treatment.
3 ways digital tools help senior living communities during the ‘new normal’
By
Annie Haarmann
Nov 19, 2020
Senior living communities have been affected dramatically during the global pandemic, changing how we learn about and perceive them. Fortunately, digital tools allow these brands to maintain a positive...
The lighter side of unprecedented carnage
By
John O'Connor
Aug 20, 2020
We’re barely into the third quarter, yet it’s already clear this will be a year unlike any other.
OSHA’s carrot-and-stick COVID-19 safety rule
By
Liza Berger
Jun 11, 2021
The rule seems to provide a no-brainer course of action for home health. That is to encourage, implore and, if necessary, incentivize vaccinations among staff.
Mind if I cut in?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 04, 2021
Given the high demand for COVID-19 vaccines and a very limited supply, line-jumping seems to be emerging as our new national pastime.
The COVID-19 turn of the screw
By
Liza Berger
Aug 27, 2021
This move toward mandates no doubt is a bitter pill for providers to swallow.
Trust and transparency are cornerstones of a healthy senior living culture
By
Shelley Esden
Mar 28, 2022
Across virtually all business categories, COVID-19 and its aftermath have accelerated and intensified trends that existed before the pandemic. Perhaps nowhere is that truer than in reaffirming the primacy...
How’d you find comfort during the pandemic year?
By
John O'Connor
May 06, 2021
My guess is that there is not a person reading this who has not dealt with a COVID-19-related caregiving, service or operational challenge. And it’s probably a safe bet that most of us have had to make...
Have they lost their minds?
By
John O'Connor
May 14, 2020
We are seeing some pandemic responses that are real jaw-droppers.
3 ways voice-first technology can help older adults in the era of social distancing
By
Jason Gottschalk
Apr 09, 2020
Isolation can make communication, access to timely information and a sense of independence more difficult for many older adults, especially for those who aren’t used to turning to technology for...