Nursing home workers receive $2.6 million in back pay from jobs lost during strike
May 12, 2010
National Labor Relations Board officials were scheduled to deliver roughly $2.6 million in lost benefits and pay to 133 nursing home workers who had been involved in a strike more than a decade ago.
Alzheimer’s test on the near horizon, researchers say
May 29, 2009
A clinical test that would allow physicians to detect Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages could be ready by the end of 2010, according to recent reports.
Controversial Manor Care sale moves forward
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Haymarket Media
Nov 19, 2007
Despite concerns of lawmakers over private equity’s effect on long-term care, the sale of the largest nursing home chain in the country to a private-equity firm appears to be going ahead as planned...
Study: Coordinated care doesn’t lead to Medicare savings
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Haymarket Media
May 25, 2005
Programs with low-cost enrollees are not likely to generate savings for Medicare, a study of a coordinated care demonstration indicates.
Adventist sells Extendicare four skilled nursing facilities
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 03, 2004
Extendicare Health Services announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy four skilled nursing facilities in Indiana from Adventist Health System. The purchase price for the 321-bed transaction was $5 million...
When the rules change, not everyone wins: Counting IC deficiencies in Five-Star
By
Steven Littlehale
Feb 05, 2021
Do you remember how, as you were growing up, there was always another kid who would change the rules mid-game to ensure that he won? I do, and it would always make my blood boil. The Centers for Medicare...
Nursing assistant posers steal thousands from NC nursing homes: Police
By
Holly Petrovich
Jul 27, 2015
Two North Carolina senior living facilities have turned over surveillance footage of women dressed as nursing assistants and then stealing residents’ jewelry, a local news station reported.
Profile: Mastering by example
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 01, 2014
Everything Mary Leary needed to know about tenacity and resilience, she learned at home. Her father lived a full life despite injuries from World War II that left him fully disabled and forced him to relearn...
Feds race to buy COVID antibody cocktails
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 14, 2020
The federal government is planning to stockpile COVID-19 antibody drugs in an effort to ensure treatment availability while the country awaits a vaccine.
HIPAA compliance a part of clinical communication
By
David Wortman
Aug 20, 2014
In long term and post-acute care facilities, where those with a “need to know” protected health information can include everyone from nursing and social services, to chaplains, cooks, transportation...