You are the administrator of a senior community. It is midnight. You are sound asleep. Your cell phone rings. Never a good thing at midnight. Your midnight supervisor is frantic, can’t stay on topic, and is obviously in distress. After a few minutes, you realize there is an active shooter on your campus. What do you do? We have all …
In this episode, we’ll talk about the staffing challenges facing the senior living industry. Angie Szumlinski talks with Allyson Bakewell, Director of Talent Acquisition for Ciena Healthcare about what they’re doing to attract and retain talent. Ep 25: Staffing Challenges: Recruitment & Retention Strategies with Allyson Bakewell, Ciena In this episode, we’ll talk about the staffing challenges facing the senior …
Kids, what’s the matter with these kids today, lol! If you are as old as I am you will remember this jingle! Honestly, there is nothing “wrong” with our kids today, they are a product of their environment, many would much rather sit quietly in a comfortable chair and play on their tablets than go out and ride their bikes. …
On June 16, 2022, CMS issued a new guidance document that states the mandate requiring state surveyors to be vaccinated has been rescinded. The federal government explained that the guidance does not include any possibility of penalties for non-compliance AND further prohibits facilities from inquiring about surveyor vaccination status. There are lots of questions flying around, i.e., can you require …
We are all hearing about friends and family members who are “up-to-date” with the COVID-19 vaccine and still become infected with COVID-19. So, what’s the deal? You roll up your sleeve, get boosted, and yet still become sick? Hardly seems fair right? Well, thanks to some friendly researchers, we may soon have a way to accurately measure the effectiveness of …
Whew! What a journey we have been on the past 2 ½ years, and the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be a crazy time warp for us now, thank goodness! That said, I read an interesting article on a study that was performed on how important hand washing and cell phone disinfecting can help reduce the spread of infection! Sure, we …
Hooray! Finally! I guess if you wait long enough good things CAN happen! In a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers evaluated the association of sugar-sweetened, artificially sweetened, and unsweetened coffee with all-cause mortality. Of course, this publication came out AFTER I decided to give up my hazelnut Coffee Mate! In previous studies, they did not distinguish …
Honestly, if you go by the weight charts and the BMI guidelines, almost everyone I know is “obese”. Sure, most everyone I know has a few extra pounds they carry around but obese? Surely not in my mind but I am not the expert. Some interesting research on the subject of obesity was conducted at the Center for Healthy Eating …
Have you ever tried to carry on a conversation in a crowded restaurant with a companion who is hard of hearing? You know who I’m talking about, the friend who insists they don’t need a hearing aid, it is the acoustics in the room? Well, there may be some good news for both of you in the near future, you …
We are constantly being inundated with infomercials, “if you eat this you will look like Tom Cruise,” “If you drink this you will look like Marilyn Monroe.” At the end of the day, we are who we are, a capsule of beet powder will not change that! That said, there is some good news from the Frontiers of Nutrition that …
