Discovery turns up the temperature on COVID-19 screenings
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 10, 2020
A single temperature screening is unlikely to accurately detect COVID-19 in nursing facility residents, investigators have found.
More social workers helps decrease wandering, reduce antipsychotic use in nursing homes, researchers...
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2019
Researchers are calling for skilled nursing providers to invest more in social services after a study found that facilities with more qualified social workers helped improve behavioral symptoms, like wandering,...
Even the best providers still struggling with end-of-life care: Study
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
The majority of nurses see the delivery of end-of-life care in their institution in an unfavorable light, a new survey finds. Nearly 13,000 bedside nurses across almost 500 hospitals were asked about end-of-life...
Private nursing homes had more deficiencies than public counterparts, report shows
Aug 17, 2011
Nursing homes owned by private investors and other types of for-profit operators had more total deficiencies than homes run by public companies, according to a new report.
New online certificate program in advanced care planning starts
Oct 11, 2017
Sarah Lawrence College’s Graduate & Professional Studies program has launched a course to train physicians and healthcare professionals in discussing end-of-life care preferences.
CMS launches Hospice Compare site, aims for patient engagement
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Aug 17, 2017
Hospice patients and their families now will be able to compare potential providers due to the launch of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new Hospice Compare website on Wednesday.
SNF aides rated among the unhealthiest eaters in U.S.
By
John Hall
Jun 05, 2017
Nurses and doctors may be the healthiest workers in the U.S. labor force. But no field other than firefighters and law enforcement has worse health and eating habits than healthcare aides, 40% of whom...
Ask the Nursing Expert about … the final rule from CMS
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Dec 06, 2016
My corporation has been talking about an intense new rule. What do I need to know?
Study: Residents’ preferences found to be misaligned with life-sustaining directives
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Nov 03, 2016
Skilled nursing facility residents’ current treatment preferences don’t always agree with forms detailing their preferences for life-sustaining medical orders, results of a study published...
Nursing homes send too many dementia residents to the hospital in their last year of life, study finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 11, 2014
Nursing homes could do a better job of keeping residents with dementia out of the hospital during their last year of life, suggests recently published findings in Health Affairs.