Read the digital edition of the March 2021 print issue here. Select excerpts from this month’s magazine can also be found below.
60 seconds with … Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N,
Mar 01, 2021
Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N, John A. Hartford Foundatio
Ask the care expert: Do you know any way I could recognize some staff who go above and beyond for our...
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Mar 01, 2021
I am a new DON. Do you know any way I could recognize some staff who go above and beyond for our residents? We do recognizer them in the building, but I want everyone to know how long-term care has wonderful...
Ask the treatment expert: When is it time to discontinue a specialty mattress for a patient who has healed...
Mar 01, 2021
When is it time to discontinue a specialty mattress for a patient who has healed pressure ulcers?
Ask the nursing expert: Should I complete an Interim Payment Assessment if a Medicare Part A resident...
By
Amy Stewart
Mar 01, 2021
Should I complete an Interim Payment Assessment (IPA) if a Medicare Part A resident becomes COVID-positive during a skilled therapy stay?
Ask the payment expert: Why was a payment denial not covered by one of the current waivers?
By
Caryn Adams
Mar 01, 2021
I received a denial for a resident who was at another facility, transferred to the hospital and subsequently admitted to our facility. Shouldn’t this have been covered by one of the current waivers?
Ask the legal expert: Can we fire someone for not letting us know they have COVID-19 symptoms and coming...
By
John Durso
Mar 01, 2021
It almost sounds crazy, given the staffing shortages everywhere, but can we fire someone for not letting us know they have COVID-19 symptoms and coming to work anyway?
The new normal? COVID-19 precautions and innovations drive daily life even as vaccinations rise, cases...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2021
As COVID-19 began its death march through long-term care facilities early last spring, Principle LTC President and CEO Lynn Hood opened a Special Care Unit to treat infected patients from many of her chain’s...
How to do it … Documenting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By
John Hall
Mar 01, 2021
In assessing the obstacles in the sometimes-bumpy vaccine rollout last December, Harvard Medical School healthcare policy professor David Grabowski echoed a familiar refrain among critics about “the...
Facing a harbor of hell
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 01, 2021
Ed was only 17 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. In fact, he was there that day as a Navy Petty Officer, moving in an open boat between the exploding battleships and plucking survivors out...