To many infection preventionists, nursing homes had been ticking time bombs long before early last year. One-on-one, the job had always been manageable. En masse, it was an entirely different story.
Communicating Safety
Letting prospects know that safety is a core value and spelling out the specific action steps a community is taking is no longer optional. But the task of communicating that your community is a safe place to live and work is difficult. How do you get the message across effectively?
12 Questions to Determine if Patient Safety is a Strategic Priority
Analyzing other industries that have overcome their own safety challenges can provide insights into how healthcare organizations can also make safety a strategic priority. These 12 questions can indicate whether safety is a strategic priority in your organization.
Make Safety a Competitive Advantage
COVID-19 broke seniors’ trust, and successful communities must repair it. Running a seniors housing business is an inherently risky proposition. As an operator, you are trusted with caring for residents and patients with complex and persistent medical, physical and psychological conditions.
Best practices for protecting leaders and facilities from COVID-19 lawsuits
COVID-19 is a wake-up call to the entire skilled nursing and LTC industry. Organizations must stay informed on legal issues related to COVID-19 and understand business practices that contribute to civil and criminal lawsuits. With knowledge in hand, best practices can be put in place to help LTC operators protect themselves from lawsuits.
COVID-19 inspires ‘overdue’ infection control innovation
History may come to see COVID-19 as the seminal event shaping infection control practices in healthcare. While the pandemic, so far, has spotlighted the ineffectiveness of current processes to assess, plan and manage infection control risks, there is also a bright side. The urgent need to keep residents, staff and visitors safe has inspired long-overdue innovation in proactively managing all infection control risks at nursing homes and other care sites.
CareSafely releases infection control management solution designed for senior care
CareSafely’s latest infection control solution is a unique combination of easy-to-use software and expert content that ensures COVID-19 risks are tracked, mitigated and actively managed.