I am working with students from Northeastern University to create a virtual senior entertainment / education network that would stream live as well as have pre-recorded programming. It is intended for senior communities as well as home-bound adults. Frankly, I had the bandwidth to try this five years ago but it...
Tag: nursing homes
Who Runs the Nursing Home? CNA’s
–> The following is a guest post from Elizabeth Oäó»Malley: With the advances in healthcare and surgery techniques, more adults are living into their eighties and beyond. Many are able to live independently or with families. However, for those who are physically unable to care for themselves, a nursing home...
More Young in Nursing Homes
The Associated Press recently published an article about the number of younger people in nursing homes. The numbers are small but it does point to the fact that not all aging services are provided to the aging. The article profiled a 26 year old, further citing that one in seven...
Who’s Doing the Dreaming in Your Organization?
Who’s Doing the Dreaming in Your Organization? Guest blog, MDS Central.
Nursing Home Restraint Drop
The number of residents at nursing homes who were kept physically restrained dropped by more than half from 1999 to 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). According to the Federal agency, the percentage of nursing home residents who were...
Medical Tourism in Long-Term Care
Here is a guest blog I wrote for Advance in Long Term Care Management regarding medical tourism in the nursing home industry.
30% of Seniors Will Need Support for Making Healthcare Decisions
From McKnight’s – Researchers at the University of Michigan reviewed the records of 3,746 people aged 60 and older (the average age was 80) who died between 2000 and 2006. Nearly 30% of those individuals at some point prior to death became unable to make health care decisions for themselves,...
New Consumer Checklist Available for Choosing Nursing Homes
The Advancing Excellence in AmericaÛªs Nursing Homes CampaignÛªs Consumer Tip Sheet provides nursing home residents and family members basic information and 10 questions they should be asking to better understand resident care planning, staffing, important care issues and the significance of measuring resident and family satisfaction. In a typical year,...
What the Animals Can Teach Us About Leadership
A recent trip to the Serengeti in Africa can shed some light on leadership through the eyes of the majestic animals we had the pleasure to see.[embed_youtubebr />[embed_youtubebr />[embed_youtubebr />[embed_youtubeobject style=”background-image: url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/RAiKJbi_Fw8/hqdefault.jpg);” height=”295″ width=”480″>[embed_youtubeparam name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/RAiKJbi_Fw8&hl=en_US&fs=1″>[embed_youtubeparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”>[embed_youtubeparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”>[embed_youtubeembed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/RAiKJbi_Fw8&hl=en_US&fs=1″ allowscriptaccess=”never” allowfullscreen=”true” wmode=”transparent” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” height=”295″ width=”480″>[embed_youtube/embed>[embed_youtube/object>
Health Reform, Steve Jobs and Owning More of the Aging Service Pie
Read our guest blog in McKnight’s.