Q: I‘ve read that increased staffing levels for registered nurses are positively associated with a higher quality of care in skilled nursing facilities. So why is there such resistance to requiring nursing...
Court blocks effort to put an RN on every surveyor team
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 14, 2019
Thirty-one nursing homes that want a registered nurse to be on all survey teams had their case against the government dismissed recently, with a federal judge ruling they must exhaust administrative appeals...
iPad-like technology helping elders and disabled connect
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 17, 2019
In 2013, when Nancy Likens, director of the Soprema Senior Center and Café first came up with the idea of using the café as a job-training site for volunteers from the Medina County Board of Developmental...
Ask the care expert: Any good team building ideas?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jun 01, 2022
I am looking at some team building things to do to get my staff working better together. Any ideas that are fun, but not physical things like rock climbing?
Ask the legal expert: How do I comply when it seems they are accepting a wide range of “COVID-19-related”...
By
John Durso
May 01, 2021
The government, understandably, is expecting good accounting of borrowed COVID-19 funds during the public health emergency. How do I comply when it seems they are accepting a wide range of “COVID-19-related”...
In win for providers, judge vacates ‘Public Charge’ rule
By
Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2020
A federal judge has struck down a rule that provider advocates previously warned could limit immigrants’ access to long-term care services and hurt the industry’s workforce.
Striving to be key resource, Sentrics offers new features
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
In recent months, technology provider Sentrics has rolled out a contact tracing and case management platform, integrated safety lighting capabilities, added entertainment options, and debuted its latest...
The Big Picture | In defense of nursing home funding
By
John O'Connor
Jul 01, 2022
I once wondered why so many people who can’t pay their bills somehow manage to afford tattoos, lottery tickets, cigarettes and other seemingly dubious expenditures.
Behind the chins
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 17, 2019
The adorable old folks sat in a circle, exhibiting varying levels of cognition, alertness and physical decay. A kind lady walked around the room offering juice and snacks.
Ask the wound care expert … about antibiotics
By
Fatima Naqvi, MD
Feb 01, 2024
Should we always use topical antibiotics in wounds?