Staffing and reporting tools address workforce, operational challenges
By
Foster Stubbs
Sep 03, 2024
In this webinar, “From chaos to calm: Streamlining operations to overcome labor challenges,” sponsored by Smartlinx, two industry experts detailed how taking a strategic, data-driven approach to staffing...
More than a fair deal: Skilled nursing facility brings the state’s biggest carnival to the front door
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Foster Stubbs
Sep 03, 2024
So while they may not be able to attend the Minnesota State Fair in person, Mt. Olivet residents have been lucky enough to have the fair brought to their front door — for more than 20 years. This year’s...
Report: More than one-third of nursing homes don’t have required medical director
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Kristen Fischer
Sep 03, 2024
Though all nursing homes must have a medical director under federal law, a new study shows that some nursing homes don’t meet the requirement. Facilities that do have a medical director report that the...
Addressing the complexities of long-term care
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Heidi Hendrix
Sep 03, 2024
Nursing homes have undergone a significant transformation in recent years, evolving from primarily long-term care facilities for the elderly to increasingly clinical environments addressing medical complexities....
Limited access to specialists? This award-winning rural provider found a successful alternative
By
Foster Stubbs
Sep 03, 2024
In this episode, Rachel Toland shares how Cascadia supports efforts to imbue quality in a building’s culture, unfolds her team’s roadmap to success and reveals their plans to keep pressing forward.
Federal court hands nursing home a labor victory in dispute over pandemic emergency measures
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Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 02, 2024
A Michigan nursing home did not violate federal law by not bargaining with unionized employees when it increased hourly pay during the pandemic and hired non-union workers, a federal appeals court has...
Moving Forward Coalition re-envisions resident councils with new pilot
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2024
In many nursing homes, resident councils have long hung in the shadows, operating as a requirement but not always informing quality efforts or programming.
Labor Day weekend precedes sprint to end of fiscal, election years
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 30, 2024
McKnight’s wishes our readers a happy and healthy long Labor Day weekend. Policy makers, regulators and association planners are ready to ramp up to full speed coming out of it.
In the first three years after the pandemic started, at least 255 healthcare workers across the globe were attacked, 18 were killed, 147 were hurt, and 86 facilities were damaged, a new report published...
PACS: Bringing the ‘look good, feel good’ motto to LTC
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 29, 2024
PACS’ top financial leader is outlining three tactics he sees as key to the fast-growing company’s efforts to deliver high-quality patient care while seeking economies of scale across its footprint.