Coping with the North Carolina Nursing Home Shooting
The shocking news of an assault on nursing home residents and staff is likely to cause fear and anxiety in members of our nursing home community. As a nursing home psychologist who was working in New...
View ArticleThe Stress of Nursing Home Admission
In 1967, psychiatrists Holmes and Rahe created a scale that measures the stress levels of various life events, and found that people with stress levels over 300 are at high risk of illness. I’ve always...
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Psychological First Aid: Field Operations Guide for Nursing Homes, 2nd Edition
When nursing home residents are evacuated from their facilities after any type of disaster, they typically move to another nursing home rather than to a public shelter. They therefore miss the...
View ArticleAfter natural disasters: coping with resident and staff emotions
Check out my article, featured in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: http://www.mcknights.com/after-natural-disasters-coping-with-resident-and-staff-emotions/article/21821/
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Disaster Preparedness Can Minimize Emotional Devastation: Caring for the Ages...
This month’s Caring for the Ages magazine features an article by Joanne Kaldy on reducing the emotional distress of resident through disaster preparedness. Here’s my contribution: During a disaster,...
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Helping your LTC community cope in the wake of Hurricane Sandy (McKnight’s...
It’s been a challenging time here in New York, leading me to write this guest post for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Helping your LTC community cope in the wake of Hurricane Sandy In the aftermath...
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Suicide risk in LTC: Effective protocols may not be what you think...
Here’s my latest article at McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Suicide risk in LTC: Effective protocols may not be what you think According to researchers, 11% to 43% of LTC residents have thoughts of...
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Stuff I won’t do for residents and why your staff shouldn’t either:...
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Stuff I won’t do for residents and why your staff shouldn’t either: Preventing burnout in LTC In my last post, I wrote about some of the many...
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Preventing burnout in long-term care (McKnight’s LTC News)
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Preventing burnout in long-term care In my recent post, “Stuff I won’t do for residents and why your staff shouldn’t either,” I wrote about...
View ArticlePreventing Burnout in LTC: Free Webinar 7/17
Join Dr. El Thursday, July 17th at 2pm Eastern Time (1pm Central Time) for a FREE Webinar on Preventing Burnout in Long-Term Care sponsored by EmLogis To register: visit EmLogis Events Aunt Sylvia...
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Suicide prevention in older adults
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Suicide prevention in older adults In preparing for a webinar on suicide prevention, I came across startling statistics about suicide rates...
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6 steps to manage post-election reactions in LTC
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: 6 steps to manage post-election reactions in LTC The 2016 presidential election has revealed a deep rift in our country, and quite possibly...
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10 ways to incorporate mood-boosting exercise into LTC
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: 10 ways to incorporate mood-boosting exercise into LTC Cold weather. An uncertain world. Rogue shrinks making the rest of us caring, diligent...
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Remember to breathe
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Remember to breathe I was putting the finishing touches on my article for this week’s column when I paused to consider the headlines on...
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The violent workplace
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: The violent workplace Last week a nurse, aide and police chief were killed at an Ohio nursing home, along with the gunman, who died of a...
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The “last day” protocol
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: The “last day” protocol I waited outside the room until the rehab therapists finished talking to Jim, who’d been admitted to the nursing home...
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Disaster communication: A tale of two mothers-in-law
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Disaster communication: A tale of two mothers-in-law Both of my mothers-in-law live in long-term care communities in Florida. (I’ll keep the...
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The importance of leadership in creating good deaths in LTC
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: The importance of leadership in creating good deaths in LTC In one of the more disturbing encounters I’ve had in long-term care — in a 5-Star...
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Why it’s impossible to maintain prior levels of care quality, and what to do...
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Why it’s impossible to maintain prior levels of care quality, and what to do about it In Editorial Director John O’Connor’s April 16th...
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Suicide prevention in the workplace: What employers need to know
Here’s my latest article on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Suicide prevention in the workplace: What employers need to know With the high-profile deaths this month of designer Kate Spade and chef...
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