Nurse turnover in LTC hits three-year low, new survey reveals
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 06, 2018
For the first time in three years, nursing homes finally made progress in reducing nursing staff turnover, according to the industry’s largest salary survey.
Exploding hospice industry vulnerable to fraud, OIG says
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 01, 2018
The hospice care industry has ballooned in interest over recent years. But at the same time, nursing home residents and others receiving such care are often subject to improper care and fraudulent billing,...
Providers’ challenge: Capitalizing on a growing but reluctant elderly Latino population
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Marty Stempniak
Jul 31, 2018
The U.S. Latino elderly population is expected to balloon in the coming years, and with the wave will come more Hispanic nursing home residents. Hispanics, however, have strong reservations about using...
Deadline for McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards is today
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Marty Stempniak
Jul 27, 2018
This is it: Today is the final day for senior care providers to enter McKnight’s annual Excellence in Technology Awards.
Providers find pain interview most helpful in IMPACT Act testing
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Marty Stempniak
Jul 26, 2018
The pain interview for a new post-acute evaluation system, has been the most useful thus far, according to a progress report from federal officials on Wednesday.
Innovative pilot program aims to help nursing home residents with mental health issues
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Marty Stempniak
Jul 25, 2018
One Pennsylvania nursing home is trying a new approach to treating residents with mental health issues by experimenting with an innovative new pilot program.
Researchers find Alzheimer’s threat never diminishes; average survival confirmed 6 years
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Marty Stempniak
Jul 24, 2018
First-ever studies are bringing new revelations about Alzheimer’s disease this week, as the Alzheimer’s Association hosts its 2018 International Conference in Chicago. Among them: Dementia...
CEO who fired himself ‘inundated with calls,’ says he’s received several job offers
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Marty Stempniak
Jul 23, 2018
A Virginia nursing home CEO who has decided to axe himself, rather than sacrifice care at his institution, has been “inundated with calls” and received several job offers.
Nursing home administrator salaries inch up 2.14%
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 23, 2018
Nursing home administrators working in continuing care retirement communities saw their pay nudge upward ever so slightly this year, according to a new survey.
Nurse aides at CCRCs receive 3.35% pay bump
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 19, 2018
Salaries for certified nurse aides at continuing care retirement communities have taken a healthy jump upward, according to a new survey.