Critics agree: New book about long-term care is a must-read
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 14, 2014
Doctors have a lot to learn about long-term care.”Duh,” you say? Fair enough. But a newly published study and a just released book really drive the point home.
The very anxious resident: A team approach
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 15, 2014
I’ve developed a set of suggestions for working with “challenging,” anxious residents, who can disrupt everyone around them. If caregivers don’t have sound strategies like these,...
Dementia care boost
By
Kim Warchol
Feb 01, 2011
Kim Warchol, OTR/L Founder, Dementia Care Specialists Inc.
Tryko picks up two Philadelphia-area nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 26, 2020
Private equity investment firm Tryko Partners has acquired Glendale Uptown Home and Lutheran Crossings, two nursing homes about 30 minutes from each other in the Philadelphia area. The 240-bed Glendale...
Male applicants get $165K in discrimination lawsuit settlement
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2019
A provider accused of refusing to hire men and retaliating against an applicant will pay $165,000 to settle a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit.
Warrant-free inspections ahead: Improper dispensing, record keeping lead LTC pharmacy to federal settlement
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2019
A long-term care pharmacy has agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly dispensed a controlled substance and failed to keep accurate records. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced...
Hydrogel showed ‘staggering’ results in diabetic cell study
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2017
A new hydrogel created by engineering researchers at the University of Toronto prompts skin cells to crawl toward one another, healing chronic wounds.
MedPAC is losing touch with reality, provider group says
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 02, 2013
Providers are used to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission promoting stingy or non-existent reimbursement recommendations.
MedPAC recommendations ‘have no bearing on the realities’ nursing homes face, group says
By
McKnight's Staff
Dec 11, 2012
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has recommended a 4% reduction in skilled nursing facility reimbursement for 2014, drawing the ire of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care in response.
A Day in the Life: A life of achievement
By
Mary Gustafson
Sep 01, 2011
Seniors are often given awards for their military service or cinematic accomplishments. Nadine Grosso, vice president and director of communications for the Maine Health Care Association, thinks it’s...