Honor for report on how nursing home employee satisfaction predicts family satisfaction
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Haymarket Media
Dec 15, 2004
An article finding that employee satisfaction can be an astute predictor of residents’ family satisfaction is being honored by a major senior care association.
Study: Adulthood trauma can harm seniors’ health
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Haymarket Media
Dec 14, 2004
Psychological trauma experienced between 18 and 64 years old can negatively affect seniors’ health, according to a study published in the December issue of Psychology and Aging. Trauma can affect...
Most states report healthier revenues early in fiscal year
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Haymarket Media
Dec 10, 2004
All but three states are experiencing bursts of revenue on target or above projections, according to the findings of a new survey. Medicaid, the country’s biggest payer of long-term care, receives...
Nursing home operators rank 13th in latest honesty/ethics poll
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Haymarket Media
Dec 09, 2004
The public’s perception of nursing home operators has changed little over the past six years, according to the latest Gallup Poll. Operators ranked 13th in the recent Gallup survey of Americans’...
Study: Prescription drug use up significantly for all Americans
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Haymarket Media
Dec 08, 2004
Prescription medication use has increased substantially among all Americans, according to a recently released government report.
Study shows fewer seniors own LTC insurance than they believe
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Haymarket Media
Dec 03, 2004
Almost one-third of the elderly believe they own long-term care coverage, when in fact fewer than 10% of seniors eligible for the insurance actually own it, according to a recent nationwide study by Bankers...
Nurse hirings up between 2001 and 2003, study says
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Haymarket Media
Nov 30, 2004
The number of nurses hired at hospitals and other healthcare facilities between 2001 and 2003 jumped to nearly 205,000, one of the largest nurse-hiring spikes since before Medicare was implemented in 1965,...
Study: 2004 healthcare costs lowest jump in five years
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Haymarket Media
Nov 30, 2004
While 2004 healthcare costs nationally rose at their lowest rate in five years, they still outpaced inflation, according to a recent survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Nursing home administrators’ median annual salary rose 3.94% this year, the biggest leap in three years and the fifth straight increase of 2.95% or higher. The uptick raised administrators’...
Some HIPAA hysteria fades, but questions still linger
Nov 29, 2004
Fears and misconceptions sent many providers into overdrive when new medical records privacy rules went into effect last year.