Recruiting and retaining essential employees is perhaps one of the biggest pain points in the nursing home industry right now. Nurses, CNAs, dietary staff, maintenance directors are leaving nursing homes in droves. Some to unemployment, to other facilities hoping for better wages and working conditions, to retail and everywhere else.…
All those long shifts dealing with intensely emotional and difficult conditions have taken their toll. Our nursing home teams are burned out and many of them are leaving their facilities or even the industry completely. In this episode, we meet Pritma Dhillon Chattha, DNP MHA RN Leader of Healthcare Innovation…
We've seen all the signs, read all the campaigns that are screaming, 'healthcare heroes work here'. Is this really true? More importantly, do YOU really feel that way? Here's some real talk, pulling out the stops. On Clubhouse Friday.
Since launching the podcast in May 2019, the podcast has evolved into a go-to resource for the senior care industry. This has always been the goal and we couldn't be happier about this. Vendors to the senior care space have noticed the growth of the show and the engaged and…
Dietary services are not just meals. It's more than just the food. It's an integral part of the nursing home product and it directly impacts the residents' overall care. From capturing accurate weights to meal services and tray accuracy. There's a lot that goes into this. In this #linkedinlive recording…
Many nursing homes operate in a constant state of chaos. The levels may vary but the chaos is constant. From the nurse who didn't show up last minute, to 'DPH is in the building' to 'there's water coming in from the roof', it's a roller coaster ride. Without the tracks…
Join the Clubhouse room to participate in the recording! Senior living is changing dramatically as we start viewing our seniors as an extension of our active society and not post-society. In this #linkedinlive recording of The Nursing Home Podcast, we will meet Nancy Griffin, host of the Glowing Older podcast,…
IT silently keeps your business running in the background. As integral as it is to daily operations, we only notice it when it stops working. That's when we should stop and realize its importance. IT done right, can completely change the way business functions and can propel it to levels…
Maximize the reach of The Nursing Home Podcast. Here's my first solo episode on the podcast. Haven't really done this before. Zooming out Thank you for supporting this show allowing it to grow to 20k downloads! Truly humbled and grateful! Onward to 100k! I started the podcast to find the…
When I reshared the Upworthy article on LinkedIn about how Jean Makesh is designing nursing homes in a way that so different from the current normal, I never expected it would cause such a stir. We picture nursing homes to look and feel institutionalized and dreary and even with operators…
I felt the knot tightening in my stomach as I walked down the hall to lead another morning meeting with my team. It should have felt good to lead a super talented team turn around a struggling nursing home, and in the beginning, it did. But not anymore. Something wasn't…
Nursing homes don't need social media. It's all fluff. Fun and games. What does it actually accomplish for the business? In this live recording of The Nursing Home Podcast, we will discuss how nursing homes can use advanced social media strategies to achieve measurable operational success. Looking forward to speaking…
As we age, we start worrying about our memory loss. We don't want to lose this basic function that we take for granted until it starts failing us. Is there anything you can do to slow it down? Reverse the process? In this episode, we will share practical tips to…
In this episode of The Nursing Home Podcast, we meet, Yitz Rubin of Renewal Rehab, and we will discuss The SNF Spotlight Series, a brand new resource for the senior care space. We may even drop some great sales and marketing tips for those in the senior care space. Stay…
We know how hard the senior population was hit with Covid and now that there's a solution, it's critical that they take it. It was developed in a safe way and under the same regulations as other vaccines. Meet Katherine Grueb of PharMerica in this morning's #Linkedinlive as we discuss…
Going live with Andrew Chappel who was involved in the vaccine trial for AstraZeneca, and works for the biotech company Amgen (not speaking on their behalf). We're going to hear about his experience with this process and what it can mean for us. #covidvaccine #linkedinlive #thenursinghomepodcast
It's all over the news. We have all been waiting and hoping desperately for this vaccine that we think will make life back to normal. Yet there are still lots of questions that need to be answered. Who's getting the vaccine? How long will we have to wait for it?…
People are thinking twice before sending someone to a nursing home or any communal healthcare setting. They are concerned about the risks of exposure and operating with limited resources. In this #linkedinlive recording of The Nursing Home Podcast, we meet Nick Desai, cofounder at Heal.com, a company that brings top-quality…
In today’s episode, we meet Laura Steuer, founder of Friendly Voices Senior Phone Buddy Program. After a month in isolation due to the pandemic, Laura was inspired to create a phone outreach program for Seniors. She points out that many nursing home residents have no friends or family, or have…
Research shows that talking is crucial to brain development, mental health and well-being. Talking has been shown to feed and enhance the working, short term memory, which is the first type to decline in Seniors. Improvement of the working memory will, in turn, feed the long-term memory and overall health.…
Join us on today's #linkedinlive recording of The Nursing Home Podcast with healthcare media commentator, Stephanie Erickson! -- Join us today at 2 PM right here LIVE on LINKEDIN Really looking forward to this conversation today :) We will discuss: - The need to focus on the body, mind, and…
Fall prevention is everything. One fall can seriously affect the overall health of the seniors and begin a really bad chain of health events. A senior with already compromised health can really take a turn for the worse beginning with a fall. Over the years, there have been many methods…
You may have thought of social media as a nice-to-have for a healthcare facility. It was just another way of deepening the relationship with your residents, their families and the general community. In this new Covid world that we live in, it's become a must-have. It's a place people are…
In this live broadcast of The Nursing Home Podcast, we'll meet Laura Steuer, Director of Friendly Voices phone buddy program. During Covid, she set up this program matching up volunteers with nursing home residents. Each volunteer calls their phone pal, once a week to talk about anything they'd like. The…