Replacing a non-permeable, reusable pad with a disposable, high-fluid capacity one can reduce the number of incontinence-associated dermatitis cases and lessen their severity, according to research in...
Hospital pay increase would ‘exacerbate’ nursing homes’ disadvantage in recruitment,...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2019
A proposed change in how low-wage hospitals pay employees could be a threat to recruitment and retention for long-term care providers, according to formal comments responding to the Centers for Medicare...
Leading Medicare experts: End post-acute COVID waivers, but keep this key change
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 07, 2021
COVID-era waivers that made it easier for hospitals to discharge patients to post-acute settings should be revoked, except for one element, researchers said.
Nursing homes down 200K frontline workers, with more COVID cases on the way
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2021
The U.S. is facing a certified nurse aide shortage of about 200,000, with the situation made more dire by a surging number of unvaccinated aides being forced to quarantine with cases of a new COVID-19...
Real Time identifies, analyzes signs of infectious disease in nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2020
Analytics company Real Time Medical Systems can now provide infectious disease surveillance of nursing facilities for government and industry clients. This new service uses built-in links to extract data...
A Day in the Life: Quilts honor SNF veterans
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 09, 2018
A Day in the Life: Quilts honor SNF veterans
Brius Healthcare gets most citations for serious deficiencies, but it’s the state that gets the...
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2018
California’s oversight agencies have not met their responsibilities when it comes to ensuring quality care at the state’s nursing homes, even as the three main providers there have grown into...
Study: Resident symptoms, risk factors aren’t enough to predict hospitalization
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 28, 2018
A lengthy trial designed to optimize transfers from nursing homes reduced avoidable hospitalizations by 33%, researchers report.
Dangerous profession: nursing home assistants report three times the injuries of other workers
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2018
Certified nursing assistants have one of the highest reported rates of injury across the country and in Ohio, according to a review of injury data and first-person stories reported this week by The (Cleveland)...
Expansion drove thousands of new Medicaid patients to nursing homes, but do they belong?
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 23, 2021
Medicaid expansion increased access to nursing home care for people younger than 65, but it’s unclear whether those patients would have been treated more adequately in other post-acute settings.