Choosing Long-Term Care Choosing assisted living or skilled nursing care is hard work. With more transparency, the information overload is, well, overwhelming. Walter will show us how we can make choosing long-term care less stressful. Read more about our expert – Walter Coffey Walter is one of 5% of association CEOs...
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Who’s Doing the Dreaming in Your Organization?
Who’s Doing the Dreaming in Your Organization? Guest blog, MDS Central.
SAGE Awarded Grant for National Resource Center
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Administration on Aging have awarded Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE) a three-year, $900,000 grant to create the nationÛªs only national resource center on LGBT aging. The National Technical Assistance Resource Center for LGBT Elders will...
Can you be a Jekyll and Hyde Leader?
Warren Bennis asks “Can a leader both act and be real?” Bill George, a professor at the Harvard Business School, in his book True North, contends that a journey to leadership” cannot be made without “framing your life story, discerning your passions, finding your leadership purpose” and aligning it with...
Principles to Advance Person-Centered Care
View and read our guest blog in Long Term Living Magazine.
Having a Point of View versus Standing Up for Something You Believe In
I had an engaging conversation with Kellyann Curnayn, author of A Good Day in Hell: The Flatlining of Nurses Across America. She is a dedicated, practicing nurse. She told me that nurses do not get paid to take care of patients. They get paid to fill out paperwork. Kellyann has...
AAHSA Party with a Purpose
AAHSA has a unique way to involve people at a grassroots level in the health reform debate as it pertains to long term care. You can do your part by throwing a Party with a Purpose. These community gatherings will serve as a platform for conversation and action around long-term...
Guest Blog in Long-Term Living Magazine
Read and view our guest blog in Long-Term Living Magazine.
Study Reports Nursing Home Satisfaction at Its Highest Level
The 2008 National Survey of Consumer and Workforce Satisfaction in Nursing Homes released today by independent research firm My InnerView shows a majority (85%) of consumers report their nursing home satisfaction as either “excellent” or “good.” Sixty-six (66) percent of employees recommend their facility as a place to work as...
Advance in Long Term Care Management
Read my guest blog in Advance in Long Term Care Management about how health professionals handle the end of life care of their patients.