Healthcare-specific guidance for active-shooter situations released … Feathers fly as nursing center’s annual duck parade goes viral … Researchers, reluctant to let go of sticky amyloid plaque theory,...
SavaSeniorCare targeted by union for $260K in unpaid worker contributions, fees
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2019
Service Employees International Union’s national pension fund is suing SavaSeniorCare for more than $260,000 in unpaid worker contributions, late fees and penalties.
Study: Monitors lead to better turning practices
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2019
Visual monitors that cued staff to reposition nursing home residents every two hours led to more frequent turning in a study of a 120-bed nursing home.
Memory care gets talked up on presidential campaign trail
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2019
Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) discussed the challenges and costs of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease while stumping in New Hampshire last weekend.
Also in the News for Tuesday, May 21
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2019
Investigative report sheds light on illegal labor practices in unregulated “elder care” industry … Senate Aging Committee seeks input on falls prevention, reporting and care … CT pushes...
Watchdog puts Medicaid on the spot to improve transparency
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2019
Medicaid demonstration projects that could affect skilled nursing operators often lack transparency, government investigators charge.
Life-saving and time-saving? Blister packs may be both, as SNFs may soon learn
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2019
Could a single solution save nurses dozens of hours each month, reduce medication errors and cut waste?
Focus on at-home kidney care could influence SNF efforts
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Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2019
A new federal policy aims to get half of U.S. dialysis patients on home treatment by 2025.
Lawmakers step into antipsychotic drug battle
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Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2019
Oklahoma providers, the most likely in the nation to use antipsychotic drugs on nursing home residents, have new incentive to limit prescribing. Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) last week signed a law that requires...
Researchers testing hearing aid that reads minds too
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Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2019
A group of scientists hopes to cut through the noise and make hearing aids more effective by giving them the power to read minds.