Technology, advocacy required to empower workers in LTC, healthcare’s ‘hardest setting’
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, skilled nursing and senior living leaders are both going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to grow their direct care...
First-of-its-kind resident lawsuit targets state health department’s late nursing home inspections
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
A group of nursing home residents in Maryland has filed the first known lawsuit seeking to compel a state to meet requirements that it inspect all of its skilled nursing facilities at least annually.
Closure of historic nursing home reflects sector’s increasing infrastructure problems
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
An unsuccessful, years-long bid to find a partner willing to finance needed capital improvements or help redevelop a historic nonprofit nursing home in South Boston will lead to its closure this summer.
Also in the News for Monday, May 20, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
States tackle language-based barriers to worker training, testing … New $12M grant program to focus on senior care, home care training … NY Senate weighs whether to include therapists in state’s...
Rules for adult protective services could open door to more skilled nursing investigations, but also...
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Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2024
A new federal rule has opened the door for more state agencies to investigate nursing homes, but the first national standards for adult protective services also could make such services more accessible...
Also in the News for Friday, May 17
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Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2024
Supreme Court rejects push to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is increasingly interested in senior care issues … New legislation aims to better improve substance abuse among older...
Judge clears way for new Petersen Health financing as bankruptcy advances
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Kimberly Marselas
Josh Henreckson
May 16, 2024
Petersen Health Care can borrow $45 million while in Chapter 11 bankruptcy to maintain operations at its nursing homes and make the properties more appealing to potential buyers, a federal bankruptcy judge...
Also in the News for Thursday, May 16, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 16, 2024
Court allows DOL complaint against LTC staffing firms to proceed … Emergency departments key contributor to inappropriate antibiotic use … Wellness officers’ growing role in protecting the well-being...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2024
NPR explores hospital boarding as a result of reduced nursing home access … HHS issues new Black Basta ransomware advisory for healthcare organizations … Nursing home hosts Pennsylvania legislative...
Complex dialysis patients are the next frontier for this skilled nursing operator
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Kimberly Marselas
May 14, 2024
Marquis Health Consulting Services has made a name for itself delivering skilled nursing speciality services developed in partnership with hospitals up and down the Eastern seaboard.