Nursing home suspends black employees with pay following alleged resident sexual assault
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 12, 2012
Officials at a Detroit-area nursing home suspended a number of black male employees after a female resident said she was raped by a black man, according to local reports.
Nursing homes should prepare to meet antipsychotic reduction goals, quality chief says
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 11, 2012
The American Health Care Association’s David Gifford, M.D., is offering tips for nursing homes looking to meet regulator and trade group deadlines for reducing antipsychotics use.
AHCA gears up for lame duck fight, embraces ‘quality’ theme
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 11, 2012
Encouraging providers to focus on quality in their facilities continues to be the recurring theme at the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living convention, the head of the...
Healthcare hiring contributes to rosier September jobs numbers
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 11, 2012
The healthcare sector contributed 43,500 jobs to the U.S. economy in September, according to jobs numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Embrace Immediate Jeopardy triggers as quality assessment tool, experts say
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 10, 2012
While state surveyors vary in what they consider Immediate Jeopardy for long-term care residents, operators can use government guidelines to work on their quality assurance plans, experts advised Tuesday.
MedPAC: A quarter of Medicare hospital readmissions are preventable
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 10, 2012
One-quarter of hospital admissions among Medicare beneficiaries are preventable, with the leading cause for those readmissions is heart failure, a Medicare advisory board report noted.
Pacemaker could be effective in milder form of heart failure, study finds
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 09, 2012
A pacemaker typically only used in advanced cases of heart failure could be an effective treatment in milder cases too, according to Swedish researchers.
AHCA convention attendees urged to rise up in face of looming funding cuts; better moderate use of antipsychotics
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 09, 2012
Long-term care providers were given the truth during the opening session of the 63rd annual convention of the American Health Care Association: More funding cuts are on the way. Among the other hot topics...
Court rules that former nursing home executives must pay $12 million for stealing from debt-ridden facilities
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 09, 2012
Two former nursing home executives were ordered to pay $12 million for misdirecting millions of dollars from two failing Rhode Island nursing homes, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Nation’s largest nursing home association to hold annual meeting in Tampa
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 05, 2012
Members of the American Health Care Association will gather Sunday through Wednesday in Tampa for the group’s 63rd annual convention and expo. Keynote speakers include best-selling business author...