Brookside Health and Rehabilitation Center in White River Junction told residents last week that it would close at the end of November.
Provider turns to MDI Achieve’s Matrix eMAR for order management
Apr 12, 2011
Rice Care Center recently completed implementation of MDI Achieve’s Matrix eMAR solution, the firm announced. “Our survey results have improved and the order administration process has become...
**UPDATED** New CMS guidance consolidates five infection control F-tags into one
Jul 23, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released final changes regarding certain guidance governing infection control in long-term care facilities. The formal effective date for the revised...
CMS nursing home guidance focuses on resident quality of life, environment and choice
Jun 22, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday issued new guidance for nursing home surveyors emphasizing the importance of resident quality of life and homelike environments.
McKnight’s Online Expo may break attendance records
Mar 15, 2011
Next week’s McKnight’s Online Expo is attracting record registrations. The two-day event kicks off next Wednesday, March 23. Long-term care administrators can earn up to five continuing education...
Public trusts nurses over doctors, clergy, Gallup poll finds
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Haymarket Media
Dec 07, 2005
Nurses were tops again in the latest Gallup poll of the most “ethical” professions.
Pandemic isolation has led to more falls among seniors, online survey finds
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 21, 2021
For some seniors, pandemic isolation has created a perfect storm of physical inactivity and deconditioning that has resulted in increased falls risk and greater fear of falling, researchers say.
DONs most stressed over staff issues, long-term care survey suggests
Nov 20, 2008
Staff recruitment and retention issues are the biggest headaches for directors of nursing. That is according to the latest edition of the Senior Care Digest Interdisciplinary Report released this week.
Chain-tied entrants are not disrupting local competition
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Jun 05, 2017
The number of nursing homes affiliated with a chain provider has increased in recent years, with independent facilities becoming less common. But chains’ growth typically poses little threat to local...
Improving nurses’ ability to cope with workplace mistreatment crucial to retention, study says
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Oct 20, 2016
Providing nursing staff with tools to handle workplace stress and mistreatment from colleagues is important in retaining staff and maintaining quality, a new study shows.