Federal regulators need to collect nursing home staffing data directly from payroll systems rather than from providers themselves, members of the Congressional Seniors Task Force said in a recent letter...
Identity theft, lack of regulation spur home health group to require employee background checks
Oct 05, 2009
Amid growing concerns over safety, the Michigan Home Health Agency is developing plans to require staff qualifications, training and criminal background checks for all home-health providers in Michigan,...
State News
Jan 01, 2014
NEW JERSEY – Untold amounts of money have been pilfered from nursing home residents’ funds by those entrusted to protect them, and little government oversight exists to prevent it. This is...
Black nursing home residents need more help with ADLs, CDC finds
Dec 04, 2009
A newly released statistical analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that black nursing home residents typically have a lower functional status than residents of other races.
Nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano: Not guilty!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2007
For three weeks, spanning August and September, much of the national nursing home community was glued to goings-on in a place they had never heard of before: St. Francisville, LA. Or at least they should...
McCain, Obama advisers discuss long-term care at symposium
Sep 12, 2008
Surrogates for presidential hopefuls John McCain (R) and Barack Obama (D) spelled out their respective nominees’ views on the future of long-term care in the United States at the third annual Long-Term...
Nursing home groups offer solutions for U.S. economic recovery
Jan 23, 2009
Expanding its labor pool and accessing capital to fund construction projects are two ways the long-term care field can stimulate U.S. economic recovery, the American Health Care Association and the Alliance...
CMS to start durable medical equipment bidding process following delay
Jan 16, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun the process of reinstating the controversial competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS)....
Study: Nursing home residents with most to gain from Medicare Part D drug program are least likely to...
Jan 14, 2010
Many nursing home residents benefit from Medicare Part D but don’t enroll in the prescription drug program, according to a recent study.
What’s the buzz? The unpleasant sound of alarms in long-term care facilities
By
Diana Waugh
Oct 20, 2010
Nursing homes may have cut down on their use of restraints, but they continue to use alarms, which are just as harmful to residents’ well-being.