Projected Alzheimer’s costs jump $20 billion in one year, ‘only going to get worse’
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2018
The estimated cost of caring for Alzheimer’s patients climbed $20 billion in a single year, according to an annual report issued Tuesday by the Alzheimer’s Association.
Providers laud withdrawal of Bill of Rights for nursing home residents
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2018
A proposed Bill of Rights for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities was withdrawn from consideration before a Florida constitutional revision commission, a move drawing praise from...
Pilot program for nursing home supervisors improves facility culture, staff and resident satisfaction
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2018
Efforts to improve frontline supervision can improve the quality of entry-level jobs in long-term care and lead to higher retention of certified nursing assistants and better patient care, according to...
Seeds from all over U.S. spring up at Kentucky nursing home
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2018
About 15 residents of Liberty Care and Rehabilitation in rural Casey County, Kentucky, have been busy prepping their two-year-old garden since early February, lettuce leaves and broccoli stalks already...
Report predicts ‘bright future’ for nursing homes — with caveats
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 20, 2018
Despite falling occupancy and mounting Medicare payment pressures, a national consulting firm says some providers are poised to benefit from the changing industry by 2020.
Researchers: Campaign against antipsychotics may have led to rise in riskier drug use
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 20, 2018
Instead of decreasing drug use, prescribers looking to treat behavioral issues among dementia patients merely may be shifting from antipsychotics to mood stabilizers.
Georgia man given 2 years in nursing home death threat case
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 20, 2018
A Georgia man charged with threatening five nursing home workers after his sister’s death has been sentenced to two years in prison, prosecutors announced Friday.
Congress looks ready to ignore MedPAC, make its own Medicare reform
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2018
Even as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission called for cuts to skilled nursing in its semi-annual report to Congress this week, lawmakers appeared ready to shape payment reform themselves.
Louisiana notifying 16K nursing home residents they could be forced out in funding fight
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2018
About 60,000 elderly or disabled Medicaid recipients in Louisiana are being told they should expect to lose their benefits in July, and advocates say more than a quarter of them could be forced out of...
Illinois Gov. scouting buildings to replace Veterans’ Home plagued by Legionnaires’ outbreaks
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2018
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) wants to buy a new nursing home and expand the state’s existing campus for veterans in Quincy.