Skilled nursing management firm avoids class action in data breach case
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2023
A management firm serving nursing homes in four states has avoided a class-action lawsuit related to a 2021 data breach.
Nebraska nursing home brings color to National Skilled Nursing Care Week
By
Foster Stubbs
May 16, 2023
National Skilled Nursing Care Week kicked off on Mother’s Day, beginning a series of celebrations throughout the week, from coast to coast. At Wakefield Health Care Center in Wakefield, NE, they’ve...
Nursing home 1, balky insurance company 0 after natural disaster
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 02, 2023
An insurance company must pay for repairs and upgrades to a Florida nursing home after a federal judge ruled that the statute of limitations began when the state issued new regulations, not when the claim...
Most ‘long COVID’ symptoms resolve within a year, national study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 13, 2023
Patients who recover from mild COVID-19 are at risk for health issues tied to long COVID. Most of these problems resolve with a year — at least for those aged 60 and younger, a new study has found.
CBO analysis paints pros and cons of telehealth
By
Joe Bush
Oct 06, 2022
The Congressional Budget Office identified telehealth as one of the tools to help reduce prices paid by commercial health insurers in a recently released policy analysis.
Ensign: Ready to blow past pre-pandemic occupancy levels
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 29, 2021
While many long-term care providers are just hoping to reach pre-pandemic occupancy levels over the next few months, Ensign Group executives are predicting their operators will soon exceed the mark after...
Q&A: Helping your residents ‘learn like a child’
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 17, 2019
Dr. Rachel Wu says learning brand new skills is crucial to cognitive health as we age. Here, she explains how and why we should ‘learn like a child.’
After progress, former SFF facility may be headed for strike
By
Mallory Hackett
Jul 24, 2019
Employees at a former Special Focus Facility nursing home in New Jersey could be headed for a strike after five months of failed contract negotiations with new management.
Latest NIC data shows ‘surprising’ increase in skilled nursing occupancy
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 13, 2018
New data shows there was an unexpected increase in occupancy at skilled nursing facilities, following up the previous quarter’s record low.
‘We have to do better’ on infection prevention, CMS official tells LTC nurse managers during...
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 29, 2018
Nursing homes’s new survey routine seems to be going smoothly, about half a year in, but infection prevention problems continue to plague the field.