LeadingAge reports recommend foreign-born talent as possible solution to staffing crisis
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 23, 2018
As the long-term care field continues to struggle to find talent, looking overseas could be one solution to filling nursing home hiring gaps, according to new research.
Confusion reigns when assessing dehydration in nursing home residents, analysis finds
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 23, 2018
Dehydration is a major concern for nursing homes, as it can often snowball into much more serious issues, such as delirium, falls, constipation and urinary tract infections. But the field lacks a uniform...
Medicaid demos must stay budget neutral, CMS warns
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 23, 2018
For the first time, the federal government has told states that Medicaid demonstration projects must remain budget neutral, reflecting an ongoing push by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to...
Brothers, 95 and 97, reunited as roommates in Florida nursing home for vets
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 22, 2018
Years ago, as boys growing up in Connecticut, Walter and Jack Kaslikowski would sometimes share a room with their two other brothers. Now, nearly a century later, the two military veterans, 95 and 97,...
Nursing home residents win battle against ‘ruthless’ insurer, will finally receive payment...
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 22, 2018
The courts have ruled a huge private insurer must pay for nursing home residents’ customized wheelchairs after all in a trio of cases taking place in Iowa.
Vermont ACO tests 1-night hospital-stay waiver
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 22, 2018
A Vermont accountable care organization is trying out a new approach to better coordinating care between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
State says nursing home knew resident who plunged to death from third-story window had history of removing...
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 22, 2018
A New York nursing home allegedly knew that one of its residents had a tendency to remove safety screws from windows before his deadly fall from a window.
LeadingAge counters after Senator’s staffing demands
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
A leading industry advocate is firing back, a few days after one U.S. senator demanded changes related to nursing home staffing.
AARP: Dementia drugs often prescribed long-term without any supporting clinical evidence
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
The majority of elderly dementia patients — about 70% — are placed on long-term courses of drugs to treat the brain disease, despite scant evidence they provide benefits beyond a year.
Providers must give entrance fees back to families more quickly under new law
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities in New Jersey must give funds back to residents’ descendants more quickly after the passage of a new law last week.