The Leadership Triangle When you think about developing leadership skills for yourself or others picture a triangle. Draw a triangle on a piece of paper and label the three points: education, experience and feedback. Let’s start with education, sh...

Leaders The Sign On The Door Says So By: Kenneth Strong Very often leaders especially newly appointed leaders, want so desperately to make an impact on their organization that they over control their subordinates. Leaders try to demonstrate how m...

Nursing Home Admission Scenario Number Two By Kenneth E.Strong, Jr. The first scenario involved admission to a nursing home because of an unexpected medical condition that made such an admission a necessity. [This seems a bit repetitive; this may no...

Being accessible makes you more valuable to the people you lead and the organization. Staff must feel comfortable approaching you when they need to. The benefits to you are that you keep your finger on the pulse of the organization and are better equipped...

he Importance of Staying Involved in Your Loved One's Nursing Home Care When a loved one is admitted to a nursing home, it's not uncommon for family contact to decrease. Sometimes, the family is responding to months or years of stress and care that ...

Easing the Transition to a Nursing Home Moving to a long-term care facility can be difficult, but there are a number of steps that family members can take to ease the transition. By taking an empathetic stance and considering your loved one’s emotion...

You Can Make Nursing Home Improvements Even after your loved one is in a long-term care facility, you can play an important role in the quality of his or her care. Because many nursing homes are understaffed, and because no employee can know as much ab...

The search for the perfect nursing home can be time-consuming and frustrating. If it is brought on by sudden sickness or emergency, this is especially true. Ideally, the search for a long-term care facility should take place over the course of seve...

Create a new folder in your favorites tool bar and title it Nursing Home Info. Then open your favorite search engine. Google and Yahoo may produce your best results. To begin your search, type in this symbol ~ which is located on the keyboard just ab...

There are a number of considerations to make when choosing the right nursing home for you. Starting with basic, practical matters, you will need to decide on a geographic location. This should be a location that you like, as well as one that is accessible...

Every state has ombudsmen at both the state and local levels who are dedicated to protecting the rights of nursing home residents. An ombudsman is an official who is appointed to receive and investigate complaints on behalf of a group of people. A long-te...