A NADONA presentation focused on preparing documentation and audits spent time diving into the way MDS managers are treated — and it doesn’t look great.
Tech contest is open for entries
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
The 2015 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology awards program has returned, giving long-term care facilities a place to shine.
Exercise helps brain matter
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
Cardiorespiratory fitness can change seniors’ brains, new research reveals.
Drug-resistant bacteria lurks
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
A Boston-based study of 152 nursing home residents with advanced dementia found about 20% harbor strains of drug-resistant bacteria.
Minnix: We have outdated views on aging
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
Aging services over the next decade should be looking at redefining age, improving practices, innovating solutions and transforming policy, the leader of a top senior care association declared in April.
Practitioner tool updated for mobile use
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
PointClickCare released its latest version of an ePrescribing and Physician Encounters line at the AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care conference in March.
Latest dehydration tool is a pressurized fluid reservoir
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
Despite dozens of studies on dehydration in the elderly, little research offers conclusive advice on how to solve the problem. A new device hopes to help by using a system that sprays high volumes of fluid...
New ACO rule brings data sharing, more flexibility, 3-day rule waiver
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
Data between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and accountable care organizations should be streamlined under the final rule on the Medicare Shared Savings Program released Thursday.
Catching payroll bandits
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 01, 2015
The big news last week wasn’t that two women were charged with stealing $144,000 from a nursing home in Pennsylvania. It was that their alleged scam lasted for three years.
McKnight’s fields finalists in ASBPE awards
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 01, 2015
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News is a finalist for two national awards in the annual American Society of Business Publication Editors (Azbee) competition.