Sixty-five percent of Americans say they believe that long-term care planning is an important cost-saving action. But only 44% of them have started taking any steps to prepare for unanticipated costs,...
Nursing-home nurse salaries grow slower in 2009
Jul 20, 2009
Compensation for nursing home nurses is rising a little more slowly than in recent years, according to newly released 2009-2010 Nursing Home Salary & Benefits Report from Hospital & Healthcare Compensation...
Prospect of lower co-pays encourages pill splitting, study finds
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Haymarket Media
Jun 20, 2007
Splitting cholesterol pills may split your drug costs, and does not significantly affect cholesterol levels, a new study finds.
Senator’s letter calls for stricter nursing home inspections
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Haymarket Media
Jul 13, 2004
Provider advocates are bracing for backlash from a letter Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) sent Friday to the head of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mark McClellan, calling for stricter federal...
Q&A with Christina Hasemann: Firm hand manages best
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Haymarket Media
May 15, 2004
Studying leadership styles of nursing home administrators for her doctoral research at Marywood University in Scranton, NJ, veteran nutritionist Christina Hasemann wasn’t surprised to find that the...
Amid national rollout, many on front lines leery about vaccine
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John O'Connor
Dec 15, 2020
“I believe this is the weapon that will end the war.” New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made the statement at the first known clinically authorized vaccination Monday morning at the Long Island Jewish...
Medicare fails to punish negligent nursing homes, OIG report finds
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Haymarket Media
May 19, 2006
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has not penalized some nursing homes that have compromised patients’ safety or have long-standing problems, a new government report says.
Study: To boost care, empower nurse aides
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James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2014
Long-term care managers would be wise to allow nursing assistants — and residents’ family members — a greater say in managerial-type decision-making, authors of a new study assert.
Defibrillator implants often overlooked in hospice, end-of-life care
Mar 08, 2010
A large percentage of hospices don’t account for patients with defibrillator implants, which can lead to unnecessary—and uncomfortable—shocks to patients, new research shows.
More election officials need training on voting practices in long-term care facilities, GAO finds
Dec 01, 2009
States can do more to improve the integrity of the voting process in long-term care facilities, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.