LPN found not guilty in gait belt ‘abduction’ case
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 01, 2022
A former nursing home employee was found not guilty of abuse last week in an unusual case centering around the use of a gait belt to keep an elderly dementia patient from falling.
Also in the News for Thursday, Sept. 1
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 01, 2022
FDA issues Hamilton intensive care ventilator recall … Number of middle-income seniors to increase by 89% through 2033: analysis … Proposed federal pilot program would divert some VA residents to...
States need to step up with nurse aide waiver clearer, providers say
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2022
The formal extension of a waiver program that relaxes certification requirements for some nurse aides was widely embraced by providers a day after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced...
A two-time Quality Award winner shares strategies for perpetual success
Aug 31, 2022
On this McKnight’s Newsmakers podcast, Mountain Valley CEO Emilee Kulin and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kimberly Marselas explore what it takes to be a Quality Award winner, and...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Aug. 31
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2022
Nursing homes that embraced ‘culture change’ maintained core principles in pandemic: study … Syracuse nursing home opens COVID wing after outbreak infects 48 residents and employees … County nursing...
Hello, CMS? This is desperation calling
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 30, 2022
There was a stark, though not at all unexpected, dichotomy between participants in Monday’s listening session to gather input on coming nursing home staff minimums. On the one hand, you had consumer...
Warning on staffing minimum: Studying costs won’t matter if pay doesn’t add up
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 30, 2022
Cost analysis will be “an important part” of a final report on federal minimum staffing standards, the head of a national study assured nursing home stakeholders Monday.
Disgraced nursing home operator Schwartz hit with new $7.7 million ruling
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 30, 2022
A disgraced nursing home owner must pay $7.7 million to a medical supply company, one of many debtors he owed after the collapse of Skyline Healthcare.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 30
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 30, 2022
Florida operators ask for relief from new audit requirements … Court denies motion to force updated OSHA COVID healthcare rule … New York providers blast clawbacks, ‘draconian’ Medicaid auditing...
‘Recession proof’ nursing homes may not see usual labor gains due to COVID
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 29, 2022
While nursing homes have traditionally been better able to compete for and keep workers in an economic downturn, a possible recession coming on the heels of COVID-19 will test conventional wisdom.