Focusing on staffing, moving away from punitive structures will help improve infection control at nursing homes following COVID, study finds … California group supports bill that sets minimum standards...
Also in the News for Friday, April 1
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Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2022
Feds continue push away from nursing home care toward HCBS with $110 million investment … Vaccine-or-test policy didn’t increase staff vaccination rates at Mississippi nursing homes: study … Report...
Also in the News for Friday, Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2021
House relief bill may accelerate fed efforts away from nursing homes and toward HCBS: expert … Former governor aide claims there was no cover-up regarding New York’s underreported nursing home deaths...
Staffing problem ‘very real’ at LTC Properties, exec says
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Danielle Brown
Nov 01, 2021
LTC Properties’ operators are struggling to overcome the “very real” staffing problem negatively impacting the entire long-term care industry, according to company leaders.
Federal guidance on vaccine mandate ‘can’t come soon enough’: expert
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Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2021
Guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers can’t come soon enough for those in nursing homes, according to one industry...
Experts call cost-report audits ‘easy fix’ for nursing home transparency issues
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Danielle Brown
Feb 12, 2021
Imposing strict audits of nursing home cost reports and establishing more requirements for ownership changes would allow President Joe Biden’s administration to address persistent accountability and...
Optalis nursing home chain further expanding reach ‘ahead of the curve’
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Danielle Brown
Nov 04, 2019
A growing skilled nursing and senior living company is looking to expand its reach throughout the United States.
A sweet outcome: Pen pal request nets 16 caseloads of Dr Pepper for resident
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Danielle Brown
Aug 13, 2020
A Texas senior received a bubbly surprise this week after her nursing home’s pen pal request went viral on social media.
Family throws birthday bash outside of Minnesota resident’s window
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Danielle Brown
Apr 09, 2020
Nursing homes are celebrating birthdays a little bit differently in response to the coronavirus pandemic. One family of a Minnesota nursing home patient recently took the party outside to mark the big...
Nebraska nursing home closures have created ‘economic ripple effect’
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Danielle Brown
Nov 26, 2019
The closure of more than a dozen nursing homes throughout the state of Nebraska this year are causing an “economic ripple effect” on nearby towns, community members warned.