White House predicts lower-than-expected Medicare and Medicaid spending for next 10 years
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 31, 2012
Medicare and Medicaid federal expenditures will drop sharply over the next 10 years, according to a revised fiscal year 2013 “mid-session review” budget update.
Long-term care industry promoted at Democratic governors conference
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 31, 2012
A top nursing home advocate touted the sector’s job-generating successes and stressed the need to protect federal funding sources at a recent policy conference for Democratic governors.
NJ nursing home put on lockdown after receiving a letter referencing Colorado shootings
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 30, 2012
A New Jersey skilled nursing facility was put on lockdown last week after workers opened a threatening letter that mentioned the Aurora, CO, movie theater shootings.
Shift workers at higher risk for stroke, heart attack, study finds
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 30, 2012
Shift workers, especially those working overnight, are at a higher risk for having a stroke or heart attack, an analysis finds.
Federal officials announced two updated quality indicator submission requirements for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) on Thursday.
Sunlight treatment could help nighttime wandering in people with Alzheimer’s, study suggests
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 27, 2012
The tendency of Alzheimer’s patients to wander at night could be tied to the quantity of daylight they’re exposed to, new research finds. As a result, experts say that “light therapy”...
Last call for McKnight’s Technology Awards
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 27, 2012
Today is the last day for providers to enter the First Annual McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards — Connect Our World competition.
Nursing leaders give solutions to fall risks, medication problems at NADONA panel
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 25, 2012
Nursing leaders offered strategies to help nursing directors reduce antipsychotics use and alleviate alarm problems during a leadership panel Tuesday.
Experimental Alzheimer’s drug fails to deliver in closely watched clinical trial
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 25, 2012
Alzheimer’s researchers met with disappointment Monday when officials from Pfizer announced that the experimental drug bapineuzumab failed to improve dementia symptoms in a Phase 3 trial.
Restorative nursing boosts resident care and billing levels, expert explains
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 25, 2012
Activities of daily living and restorative nursing present good chances to optimize reimbursement, a nursing expert said Tuesday at the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration/Long-Term...