A nursing staffing agency has been fined more than $260,000 for incorrectly paying workers and denying them overtime.
Shuttered nursing home avoids class action in understaffing lawsuit
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2023
While sympathetic to nursing home residents’ claims that they received “deficient” care, a federal judge has ruled their case cannot be certified as a class action because claims and damages related...
When Denise Robertson arrived at Northern Iowa Therapy in 2017, the small company that serves rural Iowa was visiting a single-outpatient community and nine skilled nursing communities.
Clinical briefs for Friday, April 21
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 21, 2023
CDC signs off on seniors’ receipt of 2nd omicron-adapted COVID booster … Cranberry juice cuts repeat UTIs in women by 25%, but no data on use in the elderly … Biden picks cancer surgeon to run NIH...
Angela Olea knows how difficult it can be for both patients and family to choose the best senior living facility for their needs. That’s why, in 2006, she started the nation’s first no-cost senior...
Iowa awards $13.5M to build healthcare career pipeline
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Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 19, 2023
The pool for potential nursing home workers in Iowa just grew by more than 300, thanks to state grants created to build a healthcare career pipeline.
Economic indicators rise, but staffing conditions still keeping SNFs down
By
Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Apr 17, 2023
A rash of seemingly positive economic indicators issued in recent days might lead nursing home operators and owners to think the incredible operating and financial pressures of the past 18 months are finally...
NIA set to build $300M ‘real world’ Alzheimer’s database
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 06, 2023
The goal is to collect real-world data on Alzheimer’s disease and create a centralized data hub, helping to expand and speed Alzheimer’s research.
CMS: Lapses in infection control, vaccine compliance to garner ‘aggressive’ enforcement
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2023
Federal regulators have quietly put in place new, stricter enforcement measures for nursing homes that struggle to meet infection control and vaccine immunization requirements for residents and staff.
HHS sets national plan to ‘end cancer as we know it’
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 04, 2023
A new framework sets goals for early detection and prevention; development of effective treatments; eliminating cancer-care related inequalities; and supporting optimal care delivery.