Direct care doesn’t hold nursing students’ interest: survey
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 31, 2023
Nearly 60% of today’s nursing students envision careers that take them away from direct patient care — even while they’re still in school, a new survey finds.
With bankruptcies increasing, lawmakers look to regulate CCRC refund process
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
The bankruptcy filing of Illinois’ largest nonprofit life plan community has brought renewed attention to resident refunds, an issue already being targeted for reform by state lawmakers.
Upon further review
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2013
Instead of spending more time doing hands-on patient care, therapists who work with Medicare beneficiaries have been strapped with increased administrative tasks, sometimes leading to delayed services,...
This nursing home aims to reduce agency dependence by adding housing for local staff
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 09, 2023
A proposed nursing home in a New England resort town will feature a fairly uncommon way to attract staff: 48 units of subsidized housing on a campus shared with dozens of local elders.
Hate can’t have a home here
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 22, 2022
In this moment, nursing homes and the entire senior care continuum owe it to all of their residents to say: Hate has no home here, but you do.
Researchers’ app finally lets nursing homes and hospitals talk the same info-sharing language
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2023
In an attempt to reduce rehospitalizations, researchers have developed a new app that allows hospitals to speak the same language as the nursing homes receiving their newly discharged patients.
Pay good providers more to care for dementia patients, researchers urge
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 09, 2023
Policymakers should consider incentivizing nursing homes to take patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, argue the authors of a new study that finds such patients currently are more...
BREAKING: CMS details vaccination targets in new mandate guidance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 29, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday issued surveyor guidance on assessing long-term care facilities’ compliance with a federal mandate for healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccinations.
Skilled nursing staff blamed: COVID-19 outbreaks continue to hinder visits, angering residents and families
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
Some families’ hopes of visiting loved ones inside their nursing homes are being dashed by ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks among staff, and they may be poised to turn their anger toward vaccine-hesitant workers.
As revenue slips, study aims to calculate true cost of agency staffing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2022
A new report predicts post-acute care providers will miss out on nearly $20 billion in revenue this year, not due to COVID but rather staffing challenges.