CNN investigation: Sexual assaults in nursing homes a ‘widespread’ issue
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Feb 23, 2017
Sexual assaults of nursing home residents by facility employees are “widespread” but “little-discussed,” according to an investigation published Wednesday by CNN.
Step away from the vending machine: Real life nutrition tips for healthcare workers
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May 02, 2017
Long-term care leaders can encourage healthy activity among their staff, starting with modeling healthy behaviors themselves. But what about the frontline healthcare workers with just a few minutes a day...
Harvey evacuation leads residents’ families to take legal action against SNF, administrator
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Sep 13, 2017
Relatives of residents of a Texas nursing facility whose volunteer-led Hurricane Harvey evacuation made headlines are taking legal action against the provider.
Volunteer threatened SNF administrator with gun during Harvey evacuation
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Oct 03, 2017
One of the volunteers involved in the controversial evacuation of a Texas nursing home following Hurricane Harvey pulled a gun on the facility’s administrator after he resisted their help, according...
When resident rights could be wrongs
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Apr 04, 2017
What happens when a resident’s wishes clash with the regulations with which long-term care providers must comply?
Nursing home staff were physically restrained as rogue volunteers ‘forcibly evacuated’ residents...
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Sep 11, 2017
A Texas nursing home at the center of a volunteer-run evacuation that was broadcasted live during news coverage of Hurricane Harvey is speaking out to clear up media “misinformation” about...
Study: More hospitalized SNF residents using ventilators, despite lack of improvement
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Oct 12, 2016
An increasing number of nursing home residents with advanced dementia are put on mechanical ventilators when they’re hospitalized, despite the fact that the treatment doesn’t improve their...
State supreme court allows SNFs to arbitrate survival claims
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Oct 03, 2016
Pennsylvania nursing homes will be able to force survival claims from deceased residents’ estates into arbitration, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
OIG: 90,000 Part D enrollees at ‘serious risk’ due to excessive opioids, prescribing patterns...
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Jul 17, 2017
Roughly half a million Medicare beneficiaries receive high amounts of opioids, with nearly 90,000 of those at “serious risk” from the medications, a federal watchdog warns.
SNF turns therapy gym into makeshift bedroom to house residents evacuated by Hurricane Harvey
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Aug 28, 2017
A Texas skilled nursing facility jumped from 80 beds to 150 late last week as it welcomed residents from a sister facility evacuating ahead of Hurricane Harvey.