When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implemented its latest rounds of new and stricter regulations, the groan was heard throughout nursing homes across the country. But, I have good news:...
Ways to protect yourself against possible enactment of Employee Free Choice Act
By
Matthew Goodfellow
Sep 01, 2009
Even though Congress has temporarily tabled the Employee Free Choice Act, it could still act on the bill at some point. Here’s what the legislation would mean for long-term care facilities and actions...
Matching demand to needs will bring LTC facility success
By
Brian S. Beckwith
Aug 31, 2010
Long-term-care facilities are one of the few economic bright spots for real estate investors. The fundamentals of the long-term care market — including the growing population of elderly people, a broader...
Getting a grip on falls prevention
By
Susan Harris
Jun 16, 2009
It is not easy to reduce the number of resident falls at a long-term care facility. But Daughters of Israel in West Orange, NJ, has done it, and shares the concepts behind its award-winning program.
Ask the care expert … about pressure ulcer prevalence
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Sep 01, 2014
I am a new charge nurse. My DON wants me to calculate the prevalence of pressure ulcers. Is there an easy way to do this?
Labor pains: Craig Becker’s troubling prescription for long-term care facilities
By
Lane W. Imberman
Jan 19, 2011
Administrators at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are awakening to the fact that while unions lost their battle in Congress for the Employee Free Choice Act—the “card-check”...
Preparing future long-term care leaders: Perspectives change after becoming residents
By
Jennifer Johs-Artisensi, Ph.D., MPH
Jun 30, 2011
The past 24 hours have been surreal for the new 21-year old nursing home resident. She has signed reams of forms. She has become overwhelmed with questions and left trying to understand and remember everything...
A good first step but more to do with MDS 3.0
By
Leah Klusch, RN, BSN, FACHCA
Mar 07, 2012
It was a long first day, but there was tremendous value and everyone who is here has learned what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ positions are with the April updates and some of the...
REITs wary of skilled nursing sector woes, report asserts
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Jul 04, 2016
Real estate investment trusts are becoming increasingly cautious of the pitfalls associated with skilled nursing portfolios, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.
The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act: An unnecessary legislative ‘fix’
By
Andrew Graham
T. Andrew Graham
Apr 06, 2009
The bill that would invalidate pre-admission arbitration agreements, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009, has no real purpose and would only create more problems for the American judicial...