‘Alarming’ nurse turnover rates linked to quality, payment woes in major new nursing home study
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 02, 2021
Skilled nursing’s employee turnover problem — long linked to issues with quality of care — is much worse than previously reported, according to a massive analysis published Monday.
The new normal? COVID-19 precautions and innovations drive daily life even as vaccinations rise, cases...
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2021
As COVID-19 began its death march through long-term care facilities early last spring, Principle LTC President and CEO Lynn Hood opened a Special Care Unit to treat infected patients from many of her chain’s...
Fewer long-term care bargains, but deal size and government support will pique investor interest, experts...
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 25, 2021
Despite ongoing worries about census and long-term reputational damage wrought by COVID-19, a trio of experienced skilled nursing investors said Wednesday that opportunities in the sector remain attractive...
Time to roll up those sleeves and mandate vaccines
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 24, 2021
For the last month or so, we’ve spotlighted successes from the COVID-19 vaccine front, trying to understand which strategies truly help providers drive up acceptance rates. Even the smallest details...
For-profit nursing homes are ‘worst performers’ in new COVID-19 analysis
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 19, 2021
For-profit nursing homes were 18% less effective in controlling COVID-19 infections than non-profit or government-run facilities in 2020, according to an analysis of federal data published Thursday by...
8-hour training requirement attracts thousands to CNA pathway
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 17, 2021
A stop-gap effort to supplement nursing home staff by lowering some entry-level training requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic may become permanent if Florida lawmakers have their way.
Send a strike team while the fire is hot? Maybe not
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 17, 2021
Over the last few months, one phrase seems to have fallen out of favor when it comes to the virus that causes COVID-19. When was the last time you heard someone refer to it as the “novel coronavirus”?...
A new perspective on age-old, old-age issues
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2021
For nearly a decade, my freelance writing career included plenty of articles about chronic wounds, payment reform and pretty much anything else skilled-nursing related. Surely, I thought, I’d mastered...
Will successful COVID-19 trials entice drugmakers into more SNF partnerships? This exec says yes.
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 09, 2021
The experimental use of monoclonal antibodies in nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis may finally persuade drugmakers to enroll residents in future drug trials, according to one long-term care executive.
Buoyed by strong rents, Omega picks up six more SNFs in Q4
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2021
With fourth-quarter net income outperforming the same period last year, Omega Healthcare Investors insists it remains optimistic about skilled nursing — announcing last week it had closed a seven-facility,...