Publications

2008

  • LaPorte, M. "Hearing Dissects SNF Ownership" Provider, January 2008, pp. 11-12

2007

  • Littlehale, S., Capitosti, S., Niemi, J. "Advancing Excellence in Pain Assessment: Using Pain Scales to Assess Resident Pain" Provider, October 2007, pp. 55-60
  • Littlehale, S., Merselis, J. "The Benchmarking Challenge" Advance for Long-Term Care Management, October 2007, p. 19
  • Capitosti, S. "Managing Patients at End of Life" Provider, May 2007, p. 37
  • Field, C. "Preventing ADL Decline Pays Off" Comtemporary Long-Term Care, June 2007, pp. 30-31
  • Gross, J., Littlehale, S. "Bringing More Definition to End-of-Life Decisions." Nursing Homes, January 2007

2006

  • Littlehale, S. "Rethinking Quality: Improving Resident Care Requires Looking Beyond the MDS" Contemporary Long-Term Care, December 2006.
  • Gross, J., Kazmer, J. "Depression and the MDS." Provider, May 2006
  • LaBelle, S. "Addressing Loss of Weight Issues." Provider, January 2006, pp. 37-38

2005

  • Littlehale, S., Simon, S. "Establishing Corporate Objectives: Charting improvement Goals for Multifacility chains begins with the examination of four basic assessment areas" Provider Magazine, January 2005, p. 35
  • Littlehale, S., Field, C. Co-Author of Chapter on "The Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI): The Minimum Data Set (MDS)" Editors: Janne Dunham-Taylor and Joseph Z. Pinczuk. Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Financial Applications in Hospitals, Long-Term Care, Home Care, and Ambulatory Care. Jones and Bartlett publishers.