Leaning into behavioral health and staying out of agency: Ciena Group’s Amy La Fleur
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 09, 2023
The Ciena Group is poised for growth in 2023 thanks, in part, to attractive programmatic additions and building design innovations.
Three Maine nursing homes to close for good after ‘exhausting every staffing resource’
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 03, 2021
Three rural Maine nursing homes announced their pending closures this week, all of them citing staffing challenges and the ongoing pandemic.
Nurse who quit over alleged understaffing eligible for unemployment pay, judge rules
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 27, 2021
A nurse who quit her job over alleged understaffing concerns was justified and should be eligible for unemployment benefits, an Iowa judge has ruled.
Sentrics offers facility hotline for COVID-19 communications
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Kimberly Marselas
May 06, 2020
Sentrics’ Entertain360 division, which offers TV, phone and Internet services, can now provide a COVID-19 hotline to any senior living community that needs it — free of charge — during the pandemic....
States need to step up with nurse aide waiver clearer, providers say
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2022
The formal extension of a waiver program that relaxes certification requirements for some nurse aides was widely embraced by providers a day after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced...
Battelle develops PPE decontamination system
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
Battelle, best known for developing military biohazard protections, on Sunday announced it has received Food and Drug Administration authorization to decontaminate personal protective equipment (PPE) used...
GHD focuses on tracing, scheduling, early notification of COVID-19 trends
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2020
Professional services firm GHD has unveiled four new technology solutions aimed at increasing the safety of residents in long-term care facilities through contact tracing, appointment bookings and early...
RNs, building leaders bank major pay gains in 2023
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2023
Salaries for nursing home leaders continued their upward trajectory this year, with many facilities responding to staffing shortfalls by increasing pay more rapidly than in the past and sometimes tacking...
Skilled nursing occupancy ticked upward for a second month. Will such small gains be enough?
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2021
Skilled nursing occupancy climbed ever-so-slightly for a second straight month in March, reaching 71.6%, according to the latest NIC MAP data released Thursday afternoon.
Closure of historic nursing home reflects sector’s increasing infrastructure problems
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
An unsuccessful, years-long bid to find a partner willing to finance needed capital improvements or help redevelop a historic nonprofit nursing home in South Boston will lead to its closure this summer.