Publications

In long-term care, some concepts have taken on the nature of a self-evident truth—so-called because to true believers, they require no evidence to justify their merit. One such example is the importance of consistent staff assignment. Years ago, I...

It was a time not unlike the present, although more than half a century has passed. The year was 1969, my first year of medical school in Philadelphia. Many of us had long hair back then and wore black armbands over our white coat sleeves to protest...

When thinking about the future of long-term care, we can start by drawing on the thoughts of Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos on the subject of strategy. “I very frequently get the question, ‘What’s going to change in the next 10 years?’ ... I almost never...

Dear Dr. Jeff: I recently completed a geriatrics fellowship and joined a multispecialty group practice in a small city. A few months ago, I agreed to serve as the Medical Director for a nearby 4-star nursing home. We have survived the pandemic...