Stakeholders observe necessities, limits of ‘home-like’ design movement
Park in the Visitor spot
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 09, 2018
It sits, beckoning but unattainable, just outside the entrance to your long-term care facility — the Visitor parking spot. You can see it, but don’t dare use it. Every day, in big, block letters,...
How to do it … Mitigating worker injuries
By
John Hall
Jul 09, 2018
Few things can cause a bigger setback in any long-term care facility than a workplace injury. Imbuing a safety mindset with each employee and constantly reinforcing safe practices can go far toward preventing...
Make some good news
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2018
If I’m going to be truthful about my Catholic School education, many of the lessons remain less memorable than the nuns who delivered them. Suffice it to say, assault and battery charges have been...
SNF wins appeal and has its $1 million fine cut by 97.4%
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 09, 2018
An administrative law judge slashed a $1 million fine against Philadelphia’s Springs at the Watermark by $974,000 in June, declaring that the nursing home took appropriate preventive measures within...
It’s not always risky if your residents are feeling frisky
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2018
A new study finds a single education session can improve long-term care nurses’ knowledge about resident sexuality. Researchers at Madigan Army Medical Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Daniel Reingold: Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 09, 2018
Editor’s note: This is an enhanced version of the story that appeared in print. Daniel Reingold CEO RiverSpring Health Most 5-year-old boys dream of being firefighters, athletes or astronauts. Not...
Despite 12 deaths, nursing facilities denied request to be on utilities’ priority list
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 05, 2018
A year after Hurricane Irma killed 12 nursing home residents, senior living facilities have been under pressure to have better emergency preparedness plans during the 2018 hurricane season.
An aspirin a day may keep dementia away, study finds
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 03, 2018
Low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research.
CMS should intensify Medicaid eligibility checks at certain facilities, government asserts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 28, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should prioritize fingerprint-based criminal background checks and conduct site visits to high-risk providers to mitigate Medicaid fraud, a government watchdog...