Healthcare jobs numbers strongest in decades, though SNFs lagging behind
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 08, 2019
The healthcare industry added the highest number of new jobs since at least 1990 last month, though nursing facilities aren’t popping champagne.
Over-the-counter hearing aids will mean nursing homes must step up their audiology game, experts advise
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 08, 2019
Nursing homes and other eldercare providers will need to bolster their offerings in audiology due to a recent federal law, an expert recommended this week.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Jan. 8
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 08, 2019
Son accused of using $174,000 reserved for his mother’s nursing home care for cruise, hotel stays … Health advocates say schizophrenia should be reclassified as a brain disease … Former nursing home...
From an alpaca to the Tooth Fairy, how providers are working to #BrightenUpLTC
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 08, 2019
We were expecting a splash of sunshine from the long-term care field, but we’ve received a tidal wave.
Pilot on handling delirium shows promise
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 04, 2019
Delirium is an often dangerous and underreported condition in skilled nursing facilities, but a new pilot study is showing promise in closing that knowledge gap.
Docs urge opioid avoidance and tapering where possible
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 04, 2019
An influential group representing doctors in long-term care has urged nursing homes, when possible, to avoid prescribing opioids to residents.
False Claims Act cases could rise depending on Supreme Court ruling
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 07, 2019
Whistleblowers in False Claims Act cases may no longer be able to “forum shop” depending on whether the nation’s highest court agrees to standardizing lawsuit timelines.
Nursing home resident advocates receive open ears at White House meeting
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 07, 2019
Advocates for nursing home residents met with White House officials last month to urge them against easing regulations in the field.
Ventilator disconnection that led to resident death prompted increase in staffing, report notes
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 07, 2019
A ventilator leak at a Minnesota nursing home led to a resident’s death last year, causing the facility to become more aggressive in monitoring, a new report finds.
Also in the News for Monday, Jan. 7
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 07, 2019
CMS posts draft version of the October 2019 MDS … Police investigating after patient at long-term care facility — in vegetative state for 10-plus years — gives birth … Old Irish folk medicine ‘soil...