Two common bacteria can linger in nursing homes despite multiple cleanings: study … Candida auris outbreaks reported across Nevada SNFs, acute care facilities … Dementia diagnosis linked to higher...
Forget the add-on role: Here’s who really wants that infection preventionist job
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Danielle Brown
May 19, 2022
SCHAUMBURG, IL. — Skilled nursing facilities should shift away from handing infection preventionist roles to floor nurses and instead recruit professionals with a background in the field to ensure their...
Also in the News for Thursday, May 19
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Danielle Brown
May 19, 2022
CDC: COVID rates spiked over last month, WHO reaffirms usefulness of second booster for some groups … AMA poll finds job satisfaction dropping for healthcare workers … DOL Chief Walsh backs immigration...
Push for tougher SNF licensing rules heats up
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Danielle Brown
May 18, 2022
California lawmakers are continuing to press for some of the nation’s toughest requirements for potential nursing home buyers.
Reports: Feds will extend public health emergency
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Danielle Brown
May 18, 2022
Several COVID-related waivers and flexibilities important to long-term care providers will remain in place at least through July after it was revealed the Biden administration plans to extend the public...
5 states permanently increased nursing homes’ minimum staffing requirements since COVID, analysis shows
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Danielle Brown
May 18, 2022
Nearly a dozen states have changed their minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Long-term care leaders can have ‘the best of both worlds,’ experts assert
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Danielle Brown
May 18, 2022
CHICAGO — No long-term care leader should have to sacrifice their personal life in order to achieve career goals, industry experts stressed during the latest McKnight’s thought-leadership panel discussion.
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 18
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Danielle Brown
May 18, 2022
Nursing home residents 100 and older had lower hospitalization rates for COVID-19 .. Maryland nursing home workers walk off job over staffing, patient care issues … News org broadens access to report...
Nurse aide flexibilities would stay 2 more years under new bipartisan bill
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Danielle Brown
May 16, 2022
COVID-19 flexibilities on temporary nurse aide (TNA) certification requirements would be extended for 24 months after the public health emergency ends under a new federal proposal.
Judge blocks regulation limiting room bed counts
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Danielle Brown
May 16, 2022
Massachusetts will not be allowed to implement a regulation that requires long-term care facilities to discharge current residents in rooms with three or four beds, a Superior Court judge ruled.