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More on Government Funding of Senior Care and The Need to Recognize CNAs
We’ve mentioned before in posts on this blog that it is nice to find that others think as we do. We want to quickly review a couple of...

jramieri
Jul 21, 20223 min read


The Hidden Benefit of Technology in Senior Care
This blog post started with a browse through the morning e-mail, but by the end, it was the genuine excitement of validation. The...

jramieri
Jul 19, 20223 min read


It’s a Great Time to Become Part of the Senior Care Business
What’s that? What did you say? This sector of health care is on the skids! There is no future in this business. Well, stand aside for a...

jramieri
Jul 5, 20224 min read


Hey! Where’s the Data?
Earlier this month a committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released The National Imperative...

jramieri
Jun 28, 20224 min read


Part 3—Long-Term Care & Senior Living Key Performance Indicators: CareWork Looks at Finance
This is the third in a series of articles exploring the importance of setting and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) in...

jramieri
Jun 23, 20229 min read


How Long Can Legislators Ignore The Plight of the Senior Care Industry?
There is much talk in the industry about how senior care can expect little help from the government. But can legislators really turn a...

jramieri
Jun 20, 20224 min read


Success of SNF-at-Home Will Hinge on the Quality of the Data
As with so many other things in our society, the COVID pandemic has impacted the senior care industry and prompted changes that had only...

jramieri
Jun 7, 20224 min read


Data-Driven Decisions: No More“We’ve Always Done It That Way”
Despite the high employee turnover that ravages the senior care industry, there are still many professionals who have been in the...

jramieri
May 31, 20224 min read


Staffing Crisis in Senior Care: We Can Fix This Problem
The staffing shortage at all levels of senior care is not going away overnight. We are saddled with it for a while. As most of us know,...

jramieri
May 24, 20223 min read


Have SNFs Become the Stepchild of the Senior Care Industry?
This is a short blog post, but it is a meaningful one. Something we all need to take a hard look at as we evaluate the future of SNFs and...

jramieri
May 17, 20223 min read


Earning Back a Place at The Post-Acute Care Table
A previous blog post on this site talked about the post-acute care market, and how to earn back the business, but there is more to that...

jramieri
May 10, 20224 min read


QUICK TIP: Partnering with Home Health Might Be The Best Move
As if life is not hard enough for skilled nursing facilities, we’re starting to see another industry trend that is pulling residents away...

jramieri
May 3, 20223 min read


CNAs Have Much to Offer in Senior Care
According to a recent article in Skilled Nursing News, about 420,000 nursing home workers have departed the industry since the beginning...

jramieri
Apr 26, 20223 min read


More on Rebuilding Census
After reviewing census as a KPI in last week’s blog, it is reasonable to revisit the ways that SNF’s can start rebuilding census....

jramieri
Apr 19, 20225 min read


Staff Retention in Long-Term Care: Keeping up with Staffing Demands
The US population of people over the age of 75 is expected to almost double in the next twenty years, and one in four Americans will be...

jramieri
Apr 12, 20222 min read


Part 2—Long-Term Care & Senior Living Key Performance Indicators
CareWork Looks at KPIs: Census This is the second in a series of articles exploring the importance of setting and monitoring key...

jramieri
Apr 7, 20229 min read


Shortcuts to Drive IT Strategy and Digital Transformation in Long-Term Care
Historically, skilled nursing and senior care operators have taken a conservative approach toward driving digital transformation within...

jramieri
Mar 30, 20222 min read


Part 1—Long-Term Care & Senior Living Key Performance Indicators
CareWork Looks at KPIs: Labor This is the first in a series of articles exploring the importance of setting and monitoring key...

jramieri
Mar 23, 20229 min read


Getting the Most Out of Your Long-Term Care Data
Long-term care is a tough business. The clientele is mostly older, quite often living on a fixed income, and their ouch factor for price...

jramieri
Mar 15, 20225 min read


CareWork Helps SNFs Manage Amid Tighter CMS Restrictions
On the last day of February, McKnights Long-Term Care News reported on the latest round of enforcement measures for skilled nursing...

jramieri
Mar 8, 20224 min read
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