Are emails between nursing staff and supervisors commenting on a resident’s status — such as cautions about keeping an eye on a resident who ultimately falls into a bad condition (pressure ulcer,...
Youth-led art program creates lasting connections with nursing home residents in 5 states
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 19, 2024
Today’s seniors and young adults may have grown up in completely different eras of music and media, but one growing program is proving that art can be a powerful bridge between generations.
Profile: Diane Carter
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 05, 2015
When Diane Carter was 14 years old, she volunteered as a candy striper at a nursing home near her home in Denver.
What is behind surge in U.S. senior population? Preventive healthcare, professor says
May 29, 2023
The population of adults aged 65 years and older in the United States has grown at the fastest clip of any previous decade in 130 years, new census data show.
SNFs could lose children as payers if lawmakers step in
Sep 05, 2018
North Dakota is looking at a possible change to a state law that allows nursing homes to obtain unpaid debts from residents’ adult children.
Nursing home settles with fertilizer suppliers whose products exploded, leveling building
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2018
A Texas nursing home has settled a lawsuit filed in the wake of a 2013 fertilizer explosion that leveled the facility and forced residents to evacuate.
Provider to pay $2.14 million after patient data made accessible through Google
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Oct 20, 2016
A California-based healthcare provider has agreed to pay $2.14 million to settle allegations that it violated HIPAA when protected health information was made publicly accessible through online search...
Nursing home deficiencies, substandard care declining, federal regulators say
By
Mar 30, 2016
The percentage of nursing homes that received deficiency-free surveys is steadily increasing, according to a new data report released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Ask the treatment expert … about skin tears
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Dec 01, 2014
Can you give some guidance on skin tears?
Large new study links social isolation to dementia risk
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 02, 2023
Compared to other risk factors for dementia such as genetic tendencies, social isolation may be easier to modify, investigators say.