Eldermark Software announced last week a collaboration with the professional services firm CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) that will allow Eldermark clients to address billing challenges through CLA’s outsourced...
New countertop gives users a charge
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 16, 2019
The Intentek™ Wireless Charging Surface introduced this month by Formica® Laminate integrates charging coils that can wirelessly charge Qi Certified devices that are placed on top of them. Senior living...
Beaufurn offers new lounge chair
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 08, 2019
Furniture manufacturer Beaufurn has introduced the European-inspired Regis Lounge Chair. With a sculpted silhouette, the high-backed chair blends mid-century and modern styles. The solid wood, swivel base...
Rosetta Stone offers new training set for healthcare
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2019
Rosetta Stone Inc., known for its technology-based language learning solutions, has announced the release of a new language training program meant to help medical professionals better communicate with...
Hands-free robotic device aids with rehab
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
CareOne has introduced REX, its latest rehabilitation technology designed to enhance mobility for people with a wide range of impairments. REX is a hands-free robotic device used to assist with rehabilitation,...
Questions about PDPM, therapy and coding still stirring 3 months out
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2019
With exactly three months until the launch of a groundbreaking new payment methodology, many in the long-term care industry are still looking for answers to key questions about coding and therapy services...
Nursing home’s fate in the hands of tax-district voters
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 23, 2019
Public resistance to an incremental tax rate increase could spell the end of a 50-year run for a public nursing home in Missouri. Voters are being asked to approve a 21-cent increase for every $100 in...
One-third of nursing homes cannot meet behavioral health needs
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2019
Behavioral health needs are going unmet in as many as one-third of the nation’s nursing homes, while almost half employ staff without adequate behavioral health education.
Researchers: Train more non-docs in palliative care or suffer dire consequences
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2019
Skilled nursing residents are likely to be hit especially hard by shortages of palliative care physicians over the next 25 years, according to a new study.
OIG: Background checks weed out up to 8% of LTC job applicants
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Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2019
A review of a 10-state program that supports background check capabilities found that they eliminate up to 8% of long-term care job applications.