Well, we really don't need any more bad news but I ran across this posting the other day. This article talks about the rise in lawsuits against nursing homes for abuse. In the past six years, a whopping 22% increase of reports of abuse. The only good news here is that this is partly due to more rigorous annual inspections by state and federal ...

Teaching an exercise routine to our patients is a good thing. But after you've taught a routine to your patients, how do you ensure they can follow through? I thought this would be a good subject to touch on today because I rarely see any exercise programs being handed out when I'm in the clinics, especially in LTC. Expecting a patient to ...

What's the best thing to perk you up when you feel down? Maybe a little joke from your friend works? Or watching that favorite comedy again? Or is it remembering something funny from your past? Humor has been proven to lighten your spirits and make you forget, if even for a minute, what caused you to get down in the first place. I love to joke ...

Now that we're into the holiday season, how are your working hours affected? Most of us have to work weekends or longer hours to make up for a holiday that falls in the middle of the week, right? This was not the case prior to PPS, as Medicare recognized most major holidays. This was a big issue that was debated when the bill was being drafted. ...