As an entrepreneur and business leader with more than 15 years of industry experience, I have identified several key traits that distinguish successful leaders from their peers. While there are many critical attributes needed to become an industry leader, I have found that flexibility and adaptability are among the most important qualities that revolutionary leaders [...]
Value-based care is an innovative approach to healthcare that emphasizes delivering better patient outcomes while also lowering healthcare costs. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service model, which compensates healthcare providers for each service they provide regardless of the outcome, value-based care reimburses providers based on the quality of care they deliver. This incentivizes healthcare providers [...]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming healthcare, and seniors are among those who stand to benefit the most. AI has the potential to improve diagnoses, treatments, and patient outcomes. While the positive impact of artificial intelligence is clear, many seniors still have concerns about the use of AI in their care. Here are some of [...]
The healthcare industry often talks about how technology is transforming patient care, but often overlooked are the powerful mobile apps that can help people suffering from various conditions, such as dementia. These apps include helpful resources like reminder apps that aid seniors with dementia in living more independently, and games that have been shown to [...]
Influential leadership demands more than technical expertise and experience. Business leaders must also possess emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities. Successful leadership necessitates unique skills that allow them to lead effectively. Flexibility and adaptability are two of the most critical skills a leader can have. These traits allow leaders to navigate uncertain times and [...]
The neglect and abuse of seniors in care facilities is a long-standing issue that has only worsened with the shortage of nursing staff. With evidence pointing to a direct correlation between mistreatment and staffing numbers, it's clear that minimum staffing requirements are necessary. The Biden Administration has finally taken action by setting federal minimum staffing [...]
The unprecedented challenges that have befallen businesses throughout the U.S. since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic (and the accompanying economic slump) have made it more clear than ever that emotional intelligence -- EI or EQ, for emotional intelligence quotient -- is an essential part of a leader’s toolkit. Just as essential in times like [...]
The challenges facing a business, whether in eldercare or any other field, are seemingly limitless in this day and age. As a result, the means of meeting those challenges ought to be limitless as well. An increasingly popular method is establishing something known as ownership culture, which inverts traditional top-down management styles and affords autonomous [...]
They’ve survived congestive heart failure. The shortness of breath, the nausea, the grueling hospital stay, the complications. At the nursing facility, they fulfilled all the requirements of cardiac rehabilitation. It wasn’t easy, but eventually their energy returned and spirits lifted. They returned home seemingly healthier than before. Until the nightmare happened again. There’s nothing more [...]
Few seem to want to acknowledge that sex among seniors is a reality -- that amorous activity is common in nursing homes, bringing with it a multitude of issues. “Sex falls right smack dab in the middle of who we are as people,” Marguerite McLaughlin, senior director of quality improvement for the American Health Care [...]