Waste watching: When it comes to infection control measures in long-term care, medical waste disposal...
By
Meg LaPorte
Jun 08, 2018
The business of waste — specifically, the business of off-site management of hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste — is big.
Borrowing to build
By
John Andrews
Jan 01, 2014
New construction funding for skilled nursing facilities remains scarce, but lenders say they will listen if operators present a convincing case for building.
Rehab: The new math of LTC
By
John Andrews
Apr 01, 2011
Rehab patients are arriving in sicker condition than before, and post-acute providers are carefully calculating whether to pursue them as residents
Green is good: long-term care transportation choices that save money and the environment
By
Julie Williamson
Oct 01, 2009
Investing in more efficient transportation options is smart. It helps the environment, cuts down on costs—and it’s not as hard as it sounds
Today’s mobile LTC resident can add layers of complication to bathing safety
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2019
Given an increasingly ambulatory population, the presence of water and the kind of warm and moist environment that invites bacteria to breed, risk is inherent in skilled nursing bathing areas.
Feature: New payment model puts greater emphasis on speech language pathologists
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2019
Over the last several months, Bill Goulding has crisscrossed the country, talking to providers who are trying to figure out how the new skilled nursing payment model may benefit them and what changes they...
Broken skin
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2016
Liability threats of non-healing pressure ulcers put providers on the hotseat
Footing the bill
By
Julie Williamson
Nov 01, 2008
Nursing homes increasingly are seeing and treating diabetic foot ulcers. Managing and preventing them are paramount.
Joint exercise
By
John Hall
Apr 05, 2017
One year into the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundled pay program results are mixed, creating heightened anxiety about possible expansion
Rehab settings in flux
By
John Andrews
Aug 01, 2014
Providers are establishing therapy rooted in person-centered care, including activities that help cognitive functioning, balance, memory and awareness