Vince Lombardi is known as one of the most successful football coaches in the history of the game.  He had a habit of creating winners.  His focus, however, was on fine-tuning each player – helping them become the best they could be.  A lesson can be taken from this as we each have our own team that we coach everyday in the nursing home.  Have your staff become complacent, just meeting the minimums?  What are we doing each day...

As a new nursing home administrator – or maybe you’re just taking a new building – you have to find out what level your staff is on, especially the individual who is marketing the nursing home.  You know your census depends on the quality and census development ability of your Marketing Director.  Believe it or not, sometimes you run across someone who has either never been trained properly or has become too complacent...

Today we have a guest post from Kitty Holman on the subject of Nursing Home Disaster Preparedness.  Enjoy!        Disaster Preparedness in Nursing Homes: Some Thoughts Ever since Hurricane Katrina hit, nursing homes and care facilities have been working to improve their disaster preparedness and response plans. The hurricane prompted a review of these disaster plans; in fact, many state health departments updated their disaster plans...

I was having a conversation recently with a couple of other people in the industry.  We were discussing what’s the worst thing about starting out as a new administrator or leader in the nursing home environment. Lack of experience?  Sure.  Dealing with difficult families?  You bet.  Surveys?  Ding, ding.  All those can be very overwhelming for a rookie in our world.  However, I have to say that one of the worst things I had to...

For shame!  I hear this all the time and have followed supposed “troubleshooters” in many buildings.  The same folks who fail to get the facility even halfway back on track.  I’m pulling your “troubleshooter” card as of now!  You’re not a troubleshooter; you’re an interim.  There’s a big difference. We need to set some ground rules as some of you are tarnishing our good name.  Rule #1...

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. -Zig Ziglar Share...