In a world of shifting priorities, one constant remains in long-term care: money talks.
Fast times at NIC
By
John O'Connor
Sep 05, 2024
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Fall Conference will start soon, and the excitement already is building.
Stretchable skin could give caregiving robots a more human touch
By
John O'Connor
May 06, 2024
Newly developed stretchable electronic skin might soon give robots and other devices the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin.
Don’t be happy, worry
By
John O'Connor
Jan 18, 2024
Well, senior living operators, it might be time to reach for the antacids. Because optimism is spreading like wildfire.
Sleepless in senior living
By
John O'Connor
Aug 10, 2023
Things are looking up for senior living operators, but they are anything but out of the woods. In fact, three challenges remain very much in the picture.
Focus on briefs: Rehab
Oct 01, 2023
APIC creates provider ‘playbooks’ for emerging infectious diseases, New national infection prevention forum aims to foster collaboration in LTC
The problem with ‘bad apples’
By
John O'Connor
Sep 14, 2023
The long-term care sector received some troubling news this week, courtesy of Gallup Inc. As long as the industry remains passive about unscrupulous operators, there is little reason to expect such unflattering...
DEA: Extend COVID telehealth prescribing rules – for now
By
John O'Connor
May 05, 2023
With the end of the public health emergency for the outbreak rapidly approaching, the Drug Enforcement Administration has submitted plans to continue prescription flexibilities for telemedicine that were...
A unique feeder program
By
John O'Connor
Oct 26, 2023
One of the great things about rubbing elbows at industry events is the ready access it provides to truly remarkable people. And their truly remarkable insights.
May we recommend the chicken, or perhaps the fish?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 09, 2023
Few things are causing more provider angst than the federal government’s newly hatched plan to implement minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes.