Real estate ownership, clinical prowess fuel growth at Touchstone Communities
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2024
For the eight years that she led operations at Diversicare, Leslie Campbell was all-too-aware of the impact triple-net leases and rent escalation had on the public company’s facilities.
Provider groups look to shape regulations after funding victories
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 23, 2022
As many states have moved to tighten regulations in lockstep with the federal focus on nursing home reform, providers are often sitting alongside worker and patient advocates whose voices have more traditionally...
The carrot vs. the stick
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2022
As many states have moved to tighten regulations in lockstep with the federal focus on nursing home reform, there’s often been an unexpected guest at the negotiating table.
Technology, advocacy required to empower workers in LTC, healthcare’s ‘hardest setting’
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, skilled nursing and senior living leaders are both going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to grow their direct care...
Also in the News for Friday, April 26, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2024
FDA approves first new UTI treatment in two decades … MACs propose coverage of some skin substitute grafts for diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers … This state is inching closer to universal...
Nursing homes’ lawsuit fighting beds-per-room limit given the OK
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2023
Thirty-one nursing home providers have cleared a major hurdle in their efforts to block a state rule limiting capacity to two residents per room.
A two-time Quality Award winner shares strategies for perpetual success
Aug 31, 2022
On this McKnight’s Newsmakers podcast, Mountain Valley CEO Emilee Kulin and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kimberly Marselas explore what it takes to be a Quality Award winner, and...
Study validates fish skin grafts for DFUs
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
Treating diabetic foot ulcers with fish skin grafts healed “significantly more” wounds and saved nearly $3,000 per patient versus a more traditional collagen wrap, found a new study of more than 100...
Move over, fish: Frog skin may be next natural healing trend
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2022
A technique that purifies frog skin, blends it into a paste and extracts its pure collagen has led to the design of a biocompatible wound care patch.
Wireless smart bandage makes short work of chronic wounds
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2023
A Stanford University research team has created a smart bandage made of a thin, flexible printed circuit and a wireless power source that provides electrical stimulation to injured tissue.