Ownership transparency, coordination could produce better nursing home oversight, expert says
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2019
Policy makers will have to go “much further than reducing regulatory inefficiencies or red tape” in order to improve nursing home oversight, one veteran stakeholder is arguing.
Salaries for nursing home administrator and nursing directors rise modestly in 2012, survey shows
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 01, 2012
Key skilled nursing facility managers saw small salary increases in 2012, according to new figures released Tuesday. The raises signal slow, steady economic improvement, say organizers of the survey, the...
Costs of nursing, assisted living care increase by 3.3% in 2009
Oct 28, 2009
Nursing home and assisted living costs each rose by an average of 3.3% over the last year, according to the 2009 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services, and Home Care...
Rise in 2005 employer-sponsored healthcare plans the lowest in five years
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 07, 2004
Employer-sponsored healthcare costs are expected to rise an average of 8% in 2005, according to a new survey conducted by consulting firm Towers Perrin. This percentage is the first time the increase has...
More registered nurses are delaying retirement, researchers say
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jul 18, 2014
Despite “imminent retirement” of baby boomers, more registered nurses are working longer after age 50, researchers find.
Simulation can improve time to first shock in IHCA
Dec 01, 2021
Online education and code simulation improves performance of intensive care unit nurses when responding to in-hospital cardiac arrests
Americans have high trust in healthcare providers: poll
Aug 11, 2021
Trust in health care providers could be an important factor in efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates
3 or more adverse childhood experiences linked to dementia
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2020
Childhood experiences may contribute to dementia, a new study shows. Clinicians may want to consider delayed PTSD as a cause of elders’ distress.
‘Telementoring’ spells significant improvements in SNF care, processes
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 30, 2019
Virtually shadowing and educating skilled nursing facility employees can boost geriatrics expertise among staffers, a new study finds.
Providers unsure about EHR ‘meaningful use’ provisions
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 02, 2011
“Meaningful use” requirements providers must meet for Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs continue to concern caregivers.