Analysis: Nonprofits show more nursing time, fewer deficiencies
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Haymarket Media
Aug 11, 2005
Nonprofit nursing homes provide more hours of direct nursing care and average fewer deficiencies than their for-profit counterparts, a consumer Web site reports this week.
Harborside leaps into top 15 with new acquisitions
By
Liza Berger
Jul 14, 2005
Harborside Healthcare Corp. of Boston moved into the 15th spot in bed volume among nursing homes in the U.S. after acquiring the operations of nine new long-term care facilities in Kentucky.
Wound Care Feature: Get it in writing
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2005
As treatment options and regulations have expanded, so has the documentation need for care teams trying to deliver wound care.
Nancy DeFranco can look back with a bit of a wry grin now, but there was nothing...
Medicaid spending creep worries state budget officials
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Haymarket Media
Jul 11, 2005
Many states’ “rainy day” funds were depleted this year by escalating Medicaid costs, according to a just-released Fiscal Survey of States. The program continues to eat larger portions...
Study: Resident dental care needs brush up
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Haymarket Media
Jun 27, 2005
Residents should see a dentist more often.
That’s one conclusion that can be drawn from a study of nursing home executive directors from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine.
Editor’s desk — McKnight’s named best in nation
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James M. Berklan
Jun 13, 2005
When quality comes first, others recognize it, too.
You have to like what you do to be of the best benefit to your employer, clients and, perhaps most of all, yourself.
Business and Marketing: How to do it… Risk management
Jun 13, 2005
Long-term care is a “risky business” and a little unmanaged risk can cost your facility a lot of money. Risk is the possibility, the potential, that something negative or otherwise undesirable...
Some don’t think children should help aging parents, study finds
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Haymarket Media
Jun 09, 2005
Beliefs about the need to care for aging parents differ by age group, a new study reveals.
Report: Facilities grew in size, number of residents from 1977 to 1999
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Haymarket Media
May 12, 2005
As nursing homes have grown in size so has the overall number of residents. But residents are staying for a shorter length of time than they used to and more are getting discharged.
Low-salt diets could be harmful to heart health, study says
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Haymarket Media
May 10, 2005
Holding the salt no longer may be such a good idea, according to a new study.