Administrators

When my grandmother died, I didn’t know anything about the medical field, nursing homes or taking care of people. What I did know, though, was that I could do better than the care she received.

Hospitals and post-acute facilities in Washington state have cut their rate of Clostridium difficile infections in half since 2012 by partnering with each other in a robust infection control program, according...

Cynicism and “emotional exhaustion” are the strongest predictors of nursing home administrator turnover, according to doctoral research by a former administrator. Misaligned personal and corporate...

How widespread is the adoption of uniforms within the long-term care profession? According to a rigorous and scientific phone survey I conducted of the one nursing home administrator who would take my...

Nursing home quality reflects to a significant degree, its leadership – the expertise and commitment of the administrators in charge of leading person-centered organizations. The “Administrator-in-Training”...

Nursing home administrators who can’t substantiate every minute of rehab therapy delivered in their building leave themselves open to increasingly common audits and surveys, a top MDS 3.0 expert...

Imagine an industry where an entry-level person is encouraged to be hungry and aggressive, to work long hours for little pay, lead (almost by default) an unhealthy lifestyle, and not have to dress all...

Long-term care facilities in Missouri have been successful in rehabilitating their reputation as institutionalized environments, a new survey reveals.

The coming work week should be good for long-term care administrators: It’s named after them. From Monday through Friday around the country, various observations and celebrations will take place...

Criminal background checks have not been found to significantly limit the quantity or quality of candidates for nursing home jobs, a top nursing home advocate says. A recent government survey of nursing...