Majority of nursing home hospitalizations avoidable: study
By
Ashley Carman
Jul 30, 2013
Three-fifths of long-stay nursing home hospitalizations could have been avoided, according to a new study. The majority of the avoidable hospitalizations were for infections, injuries and congestive heart...
Poll: Most Americans don’t practice preventive care
Apr 04, 2008
Despite a high level of interest in preventive care, 82% of American’s do not have healthy, preventive lifestyles, according to a new poll unveiled at Wednesday’s congressional panel hearing.
Seniors want to stay in their homes, study says
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 29, 2007
Most senior citizens want to age in place, a new study found.
CMS to collect revisit fees this year
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 20, 2007
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has established a system to charge healthcare facilities fees for follow-up inspections this year, according to a final rule published Thursday. Nursing homes...
Hearing: Twenty years after OBRA, system still needs reform
By
Haymarket Media
May 03, 2007
The enforcement system regulating nursing homes still allows too many nursing homes to get away with providing substandard care, Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging,...
Study says employer healthcare costs to rise 12% next year
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Haymarket Media
Aug 17, 2005
Employers’ health costs may rise at a rate quintuple the U.S. inflation rate next year, according to an analysis by benefits consultant Hewitt Associates.
Ask the care expert: Can you provide an outline of some of the information I need to report to the state?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Sep 01, 2020
I am new to the field. Can you provide an outline of some of the information I need to report to the state?
‘Shared accountability’ should be new nursing home commission’s goal, member says
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 22, 2020
Deep collaboration between regulators and providers is the target of at least some of the panelists for the new federal COVID-19 nursing home commission.
Rapid intervention can contain multidrug-resistant candida auris
Sep 07, 2021
Enhanced laboratory surveillance identified Candida auris in postacute care facilities in Orange County, California in 2019
3 key strategies help boost nursing home staff vax rates, study of 400+ facilities finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2021
Leading LTC geriatricians have teased out the top strategies used by facilities with staff COVID-19 vaccination rates of 75% and higher.