Category: Articles and Columns

Ruta Kadanoff, Executive Director, Pioneer Network Is it just me, or are there red flags everywhere lately, calling on us to take notice of the impending collision between our demographics and our workforce trends? Evidence is mounting and the chorus… Read more

Joan Devine, RN-C, Director of Education, Pioneer Network When we think of creating households for Elders, we often think first about the bricks and mortar, about major renovation or perhaps even an entirely new building. We think about smaller environments,… Read more

Linda Bump, MPH, RD, LNHA, Consulting Staff, Action Pact What possibilities can we create when we make the kitchen the heart of our home? We create Normal, Home and Community by honoring individual resident choice in dining. What better way… Read more

Carmen Bowman, Owner of Edu-Catering In July of 2015, CMS proposed and solicited comment on their Reform of Requirements for Long-term Care Facilities. It is anyone’s guess — how much of what was proposed may change due to the many… Read more

Diane Hall, RD, LD, NHA We all have in our care people who eat like birds and end up being put on our “weight monitor list.” “25% of nursing home residents experienced weight loss when research staff conducted standardized weighing… Read more

l-r, Kimberly VanHaitsma, associate professor of nursing, Pennsylvania State University; Katherine Abbott, assistant professor of sociology & gerontology and research fellow, Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center; Jane Straker, director of research, Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center; Jerry Gannod, chair and… Read more

Jack York, Founder/President, It’s Never 2 Late How many out there remember the late ’70s and early ’80s? If you’re like me (57 years old) during that era technology was trickling its way into our lives, drip by drip. But… Read more

Pamela Tabar – Long-Term Living Senior living dining has been through many design phases lately—including the bistro, the casual café, the fine dining setting and even the wine bar. Now, senior residences are fine-tuning the dining experience of a growing… Read more

Ruta Kadonoff, Executive Director, Pioneer Network Our national conference closed last Wednesday in New Orleans. Those who were present know, of course, that our theme was Revolutionizing the Culture of Aging.  As I noted in my closing remarks, it’s a… Read more

CNA Edge: A voice from the trenches of long term care May – CNA Edge: A voice from the trenches of long term care It would appear as though my residents missed me. To show how much they missed me… Read more