Management

Grief and loss are a natural part of life, and they are particularly prevalent in nursing homes where residents often have advanced age and multiple health conditions.  Data from my recent research...

Nursing homes can be attractive targets for prosecutors looking for COVID fraud, but aggressive enforcement policies may make it difficult for “good actors” to conduct business, legal observers cautioned...

Our 25th anniversary was a year to remember. Having started it at the height of the pandemic, we adapted to a constantly evolving and booming mental healthcare market, and it worked. We invested in an...

There are levels to every organization, and after seeing the results of this year’s Mood of the Market survey by McKnight’s, we must keep in mind that the respondents were nearly all administrators...

In the old days, Young Readers, before the goal of eldercare was merely profit, nursing homes used to have things called “missions.” Missions focused on the well-being of the elders they cared for...

If we learned anything during the pandemic, it’s that minutes matter. COVID quickly exposed the importance of knowing when and where to find and deploy staff resources – and the need to do so fast....

They say it’s more difficult to write one page than five, and that holds true when taking into perspective some 25 years of business experience, of which almost the entirety has been focused on providing...

I have heard nursing leaders refer to their nursing staff as their children. I think this can be good if it is in the context that your staff is like family. But I think it can be damaging if you feel...

Even the best managers can sometimes inadvertently make jobs more difficult than they have to be, often just out of habit or inattention.

A trip back to high school this week helped me remind myself, and students, of three of the most important leadership principles for anyone in any profession.