Clinical Competency in Assisted Living
Insights from Colleen Toebe, MSN, CWCN, RAC-MTA, RAC-MT, DNS MT – Vice President of Clinical Services As the senior living landscape rapidly evolves, leaders across assisted living, home and community-based services, and post-acute care are navigating rising expectations and increasingly complex resident needs. Older adults are choosing to age in place, bringing higher acuity, multiple chronic...
Hot Topic: Responding to the Latest CMS Special Focus Facility (SFF) Program Update – Falls
Insights from Nancy Foss, RN, BSN, Director of Regulatory and Consulting Services – Pathway Health Recent breaking news from CMS (QSO) signals an important shift in survey and quality priorities: falls—particularly falls with major injury—are moving to the forefront of regulatory scrutiny, with direct implications for survey outcomes, enforcement actions, and Special Focus Facility (SFF) oversight....
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Vince Macciocchi, and Ray Young
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Vince Macciocchi, and Ray Young
Understanding the Responsibilities of Licensed Nurses in Long-Term Care: New PATHTalks
Licensed nurses in long-term care carry one of the most complex and autonomous roles in healthcare today. Unlike many acute care settings, licensed nurses in long-term care practice with significant autonomy. This autonomy is both empowering and demanding. Each shift places responsibility not only for direct care, but also for supervision, delegation, assessment, communication, and...
New PATHTalks on Person-Centered Care Planning & Turning Compliance Into Meaningful Care
At its core, person-centered care planning is about honoring individuality, ensuring that care reflects each resident’s preferences, values, goals, and lived experience. When done well, the care plan becomes more than documentation; it becomes a guide for how care teams support a resident’s daily life. In post-acute and long-term care, leaders play a critical role...
Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes: A PATHTalks Episode
In post-acute and long-term care settings, few responsibilities carry as much weight or as much humanity as ensuring residents’ care reflects what matters most to them. Advance Care Planning (ACP) is not simply a regulatory requirement or a form to complete at admission. It is an ongoing, relationship-centered process that prepares residents, families, and care...
Leadership Culture: New PATHTalks Episode
Culture is one of the most talked-about concepts in post-acute and long-term care and one of the most misunderstood. Leaders often describe the culture they want, but culture is not defined by intention alone. It is defined by actions, consistency, and what leaders choose to reinforce or allow every single day. In care environments shaped...