Nursing homes face ‘sustainability’ challenge after sector loses 7% of nursing hours, despite doubled...
By
Joe Bush
Oct 10, 2022
Median operating margins for skilled nursing facilities dropped in 2021 from 2020 levels — both when factoring with and without public health emergency funding — according to the 37th SNF Cost Comparison...
Pandemic resulted in nurses shifting from hospitals to other settings, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 22, 2024
A shortage of registered nurses in the first two years of the pandemic was probably temporary, according to a new report. That’s because the workforce rebounded in 2022 and 2023, the authors said. Even...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 9
Jul 08, 2019
Millions budgeted for nursing home wage support a no-go without governor’s blessing … Lawsuit blames ‘gross’ staffing shortage for fall-related death … Nursing home residents kept inside...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 19
Oct 19, 2021
How providers can improve telemedicine use in nursing homes … National Guard called in to help Minnesota providers with staffing shortages … Proposals on Medicaid reimbursement, cost-of-living adjustments...
94% of all nursing homes still facing staffing shortages, new survey shows
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 24, 2021
Challenges associated with hiring and retaining long-term care workers has gotten worse for about three-quarters of nursing homes this year, according to a new survey from the American Health Care Association/National...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Feb. 9
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 09, 2022
Lawmakers pass $1.2 billion spending bill to help with healthcare staffing shortages … High-risk antibiotic use common in nursing home residents after hospital stay … Former nursing home assistant...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, November 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 15, 2019
Common cognitive disorder often misdiagnosed as dementia … Belly fat finding may lead way to age-related metabolic disease prevention … Older adults have less diabetes distress, better blood sugar...
Policy allowing asymptomatic caregivers with COVID to stay on job could worsen staffing, providers say
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 30, 2020
Providers in Oklahoma are skeptical of a new measure that allows asymptomatic healthcare staff members to continue working in long-term care facilities and hospitals even though they have COVID-19.
Even with its own float pool, this provider is flooded with open nursing positions
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 11, 2023
A Pennsylvania nonprofit long-term care provider recently showed its ingenuity by creating an internal staffing agency, or float pool, to cope with staffing shortages and high temporary agency costs. But...
Workforce crisis among reasons why nursing homes are most at risk for COVID-19
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 06, 2020
The workforce crisis that’s been plaguing the long-term care industry is likely playing a significant role in the increased risk nursing homes face when it comes to the coronavirus.