Vacant senior care jobs declining: NIC … Senator once again pressures HHS on return to in-person work … LeadingAge calls for moratorium on HCBS rule for two provider groups
AHCA to White House: Nursing home staffing mandate spells ‘disaster’
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 12, 2023
A federal nursing home staffing mandate would be “impossible to implement” and a “disaster,” especially for seniors on Medicaid, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted...
Diversicare, therapists hit with $1.4M settlement over moonlighting allegations
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 13, 2023
Diversicare Healthcare Services and two occupational therapists have agreed to pay nearly $1.4 million to resolve claims that the provider “condoned” therapists who clocked into nursing homes and then...
Also in the News for Thursday, July 13
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 13, 2023
Florida averts lawsuits over $15 direct care minimum wage … Illinois life plan community to close its three skilled neighborhoods … Maine becomes 13th state to provide most workers paid family, medical...
Will clear and present danger reveal itself as state mandates increase?
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 11, 2023
Nursing home operators in New York and Pennsylvania are stepping into the abyss this month, with no easy way to see just how far they might fall before hitting bottom.
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 11
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 11, 2023
New study underscores link between loneliness, death … Increased antibiotic use linked to severe COVID-19 … Demand for healthcare staff still outpacing number of available workers … Short-term resident...
60 seconds with … Kathleen T. Unroe
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Tell us about the goal of your recent study of models that might reduce rehospitalizations and improve nursing home care.
Antimicrobial dressings raise new concerns
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Wound care professionals need to do a better job of balancing the use of antimicrobial products for healing with concerns about “uncontrolled” reliance amid increasing antibiotic resistance, British...
Novel 3-D PAINT pen could rewrite wound healing trajectories
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
A new 3-D pen uses a healing ink to deliver immune system fluids directly to cuts and wounds.
CA Supreme Court backs employers in ‘take-home’ COVID case
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Nursing homes and other employers cannot be held legally or financially responsible for preventing the spread of COVID-19 from their employees to their household members, the California Supreme Court has...