The Nursing Home Podcast

It's critical for the leadership team to display a strong front and be action focused and forward thinking. Hysteria, nerves, and standing on edge does not help with this or any crisis.  If you are following your infection control policy, follow basic hand washing procedures, you are far on your way of managing and preventing the spread of this and any other virus.  There are clear actions or guid...

*** RECORDED LIVE ON LINKEDIN AND FACEBOOK *** We discussed the prevention and management of COVID-19, the problematic strand of the coronavirus and get a better understanding of this latest outbreak.  As a nursing home administrator, I can relate to the pain, suffering, and misjudgment of the Life Care Center facility in Kirkland, WA, and the residents; families are going through and I pray that...

This was originally recorded on Linkedin and Facebook live to address the growing concern of nursing home professionals, the residents and their families with dealing with the Coronavirus.  Dr. Sarfraz Sidhu shares that all nursing homes and healthcare facilities already have infection control policies in place. We need to be vigilant in following those procedures, and educating ourselves and our...

David Carvelli is an RN and spent more than half of his career at the bedside and then transitioned to the LTAC (long term acute care)  world where he was hired as a liaison/marketing role.  David quickly grew to the VP of marketing role until the reimbursement structure forced many LTACs to close their doors.  Since then David has been with several nursing home companies helping them succeed fina...

After spending a few years in a major accounting firm and subsequently hired as a recruiter from those firms to smaller companies, Aaron finally bit the bullet and joined the family business selling wound vacs to nursing homes. KCI has always been the gold standard in wound vacs and they had a heavy patent on the device and the dressing kits. The concept of suction therapy has been around for hund...

Mark is a 3rd generation nursing home operator and he recalls his grandmother’s advice, stick your nose into every department to learn everything about them. Shmuel : Why is it so hard to attract and retain excellent nursing talent in nursing homes? Mark: The nurses and CNA’s who provide direct care to the residents of the nursing home have a very difficult task. It’s difficult to provide care for...

Joe Goldberg's 2+ decades experience shows this dramatic shift in the method of filling nursing home beds. Personal relationships with hospital discharge planners no longer cut it.  Hospitals are now responsible for their outcomes even once the patient leaves the hospital. The CMS star rating and results or recent Department of Public Health surveys will play a much bigger role in the case manager...

I love professionals like Michael Smith.  Mike climbed the ladder from a CNA to housekeeper to nurse to RNAC to director of nursing to administrator and now to director of operations. He really knows this industry well and has an excellent understanding of home this complex puzzle comes together.  In this episode we discuss the effectiveness of a telehealth program in the nursing home setting.  A...

The care provided by telehealth is on par with in person visits. The nurse acts as the hands of the doctors in the room.   Not every clinician will be skilled working with telehealth because theres a skill set necessary to work in this environment.  Additionally, there's the human element. A good clinician is able to connect with the patient and let the screen melt away to be present with the pati...

Business structure is critical to long term success in the nursing home business and in any organization. This is not the rigid org charts with the CEO, COO, CFO etc. rather its ensuring that information flows from the top to the bottom of the organization. Many nursing home chains are owned by leaders that have a very clear idea of how they want to deliver the highest level of care to their patie...

Not everyone that has a large following on Linkedin will automatically attract clients. However, all of those professionals have parents and loved ones that are candidates for senior care. Although they are not actively looking now, you are now on their radar and when the need arises they will come to you first. Linkedin is a B2B platform but remember that all those B's are also C's. They are work...

In this episode, we meet Tuli Kraus of Fresh Scents, a company that believes scent changed the way we experience life. This innovative product has been introduced into nursing homes. Unique smells are introduced to recreate environments where staff and residents feel safe and comfortable. Reach out to Tuli on LinkedIn here and check out Fresh Scents Inc here .  

In the episode we discuss the challenges and opportunities the new payment model present to operators and how they will affect the residents and patients of these facilities.    Here's a partial list of what we discussed in this episode.   Who will be affected most by these changes?  What is the best way for providers to successfully navigate this transition?  What are the 3 biggest myths 'outside...

Steven was privileged enough to have known what he wanted when he was young. He took up nursing and realized that he wanted to be involved in caring for the elderly, being someone who was close enough to live with his grandparents. Then took up a graduate degree in Gerontology. Steven also worked in clinical care in Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston. He then transitioned in research and training institu...

Shalom shares with the listeners how he has a strong financial background in accounting, finance and business intelligence. Throughout his career, he was drawn to the details and power that a strong understanding of the numbers had on actual day to day business decisions. In one business, Shalom’s company inherited a business intelligence technology which Shalom built out into a real functioning s...

Let’s meet Chris Caulfield RN, NP-C, co-founder and chief nursing officer at Intelycare. He has been a nurse for 10+ years and experienced a variety of work settings within the nursing industry. Chris tells us more about Intelycare, from why it was conceived and how it continuously helps both hospital administrators, nursing homes and nurses with a system that is reminiscent of Uber. The nursing h...

Scott Reib is known as America’s Legal Coach. He’s the official Zig Ziglar Small Business Lawyer, a Ziglar Legacy Certified Trainer, and he has over 20 years of experience as an attorney. For the last two decades, Scott has been helping business owners, entrepreneurs, coaches, and service providers to “shatterproof” their businesses and succeed in the professional world. Scott is a firm believer t...

What does Zimmet Healthcare actually do? Zimmet Healthcare is a consulting support firm specializing in skilled nursing facility reimbursement, compliance and strategic planning. Initially started as a service vendors creating cost reports and appeals for Medicare and expanded as the industry has matured. Zimmet Healthcare currently employs about 60 people servicing about 300 facilities across the...

In this episode we meet, Sarah Rayburn of VCorp Services . Sarah went to school for broadcast journalism. When she realized that it was a real cut throat industry, a recruiter reached out to her and brought her into VCorp Services . With her self admitted, ‘work ADD’, she was able to quickly learn the business and she took a liking to the compliance side of the business and that became her niche....

Intro Episode My name is Shmuel Septimus. I’m a nursing home administrator, podcaster, online marketer, lover of effective communication and networking. There is a dearth of knowledge when it comes to understanding the inner working of the nursing home industry. On this podcast we will interview the mover and shakers of the nursing home industry. They will share their unique perspectives and exper...

Alvin Kahn -Principal, Executive Director of Recruitment at Alvin Kahn and Associates 30 years ago, Alvin started recruiting for hospitals across the country. Eventually Alvin was promoted to working in the corporate office doing trainings and continued to recruit. In 1995, Alvin started out on his own, with Alvin Kahn and Associates, a recruitment company specifically focused on the nursing home...

Innovating Healthcare with Software and Technology with Alan Dworetsky Alan Dworetsky is the director of sales and marketing for Approved Admissions. Alan has been in the medical space for nearly 15 years started by selling durable medical equipment and then transitioned into wearable ultrasound devices. At that point, Alan found the opportunity at Approved Admissions to move into the software par...