90-year-old nursing home guts long-term care amid ‘unsustainable’ Medicaid funding
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 19, 2024
Faced with steep Medicaid reimbursement shortfalls, one 90-year-old facility believes its only way forward is to cut back more than half of its available long-term care beds.
Poor working conditions are a top reason nurses leave healthcare, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
Unpleasant working conditions are a top reason nurses walk away from their jobs at long-term care facilities and hospitals, and bid adieu to healthcare, according to a new report.
Bill makes failure to avert nursing home abuse a felony for directors, managers
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 07, 2024
A Delaware bill would open nursing home directors and managers to felony charges if they fail to “promptly take corrective action” after the discovery of resident abuse or neglect that leads to serious...
Decorating project draws on medication aide’s fine art background
By
Josh Henreckson
May 23, 2024
“When people walk into that common space, the first thing that they do is look up,” said Anna Halvorson, administrator at the Good Samaritan Society – Lakota.
Ombudsman demands audit of agency that regulates state’s nursing homes
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 08, 2024
A report from the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in Oregon has called for an independent audit of the state’s Department of Human Services, arguing that the regulatory body missed multiple red...
Esmerelda Lee emigrated from South Africa during apartheid, planning to study medicine in the United States. What she may not have expected was that her model of steadfast leadership and commitment to...
Nursing home staff, others fear CDC revisions to airborne transmission guidelines
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Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News
Mar 21, 2024
Workers worry that the CDC is repeating past mistakes as it develops a crucial set of guidelines that hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, and other facilities that provide health care will apply to control...
Workforce strategies, leadership highlight McKnight’s Women of Distinction Forum May 14
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
Ten McKnight’s Women of Distinction will share pearls of wisdom and answer questions next week during two educational sessions as part of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Forum and Awards.
CMS adds enhanced barrier precautions to infection control guidance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2024
Nursing homes must begin to use enhanced barrier precautions to prevent broader transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms and to help protect patients with chronic wounds and indwelling devices, the...
Nursing home workers praised for roles in harrowing tornado evacuation
By
Josh Henreckson
May 13, 2024
Staff members of Barnsdall Nursing Home were quick to jump into action during a tornado that damaged their Barnsdall, OK, long-term care facility Monday night and forced a full evacuation in the aftermath....