Erica Dewan, vice president of care transitions at Ignite Medical Resorts in Park Ridge, IL, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Federal court stops lawsuit seeking nearly $1B over ‘improper’ nursing home licensing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 02, 2024
A federal appeals court won’t reopen a nearly $1 billion lawsuit against a Florida nursing home operator accused of racketeering-like behavior in a lengthy civil case.
Meet Lindsey Beagley, 2024 Rising Star honoree
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 02, 2024
Lindsey Beagley, senior director of lifelong university engagement at Arizona State University (Mirabella at ASU), is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Payment reform, focus on physical improvements required to reduce risk of another nursing home disaster:...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2024
A trio of prominent nursing home researchers warned Monday that without new investment in nursing home infrastructure, residents and staff will remain at “substantial risk” for a repeat of the poor...
Building a coveted ‘destination workplace’ requires diverse investments, active listening to staff:...
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 27, 2024
Faced with today’s complex array of financial, staffing and regulatory challenges, senior care operators need to rely on a broad range of solutions, a panel of experts said
SNF staffing challenges need solutions to benefit entire healthcare continuum: experts
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 25, 2024
The hospital backlogs of elderly Medicare and Medicaid patients that spiked sharply in 2020 are likely here to stay unless innovative solutions are implemented in post-acute care and other rehabilitation...
State pushed for $103 million for nursing homes, greater resident funding
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 25, 2024
Advocates for long-term care providers in New Jersey and their residents are taking competing annual funding pleas to government leaders to the wire.
Group eyes nationwide rollout of nursing home quality improvement program
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 25, 2024
A new program improves the quality of care and lowers avoidable hospitalizations in Missouri nursing homes. The program has worked so well that policymakers are trying to expand it to every state.
Now THIS is a nurturing nursing home — see how a special mother-son connection is helping bolster its...
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Eliza Mattson
Jun 25, 2024
At 3½ years old, Tyler Yerkes attended daycare at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack, NY, while his mom, Julianne, worked as a registered nurse in Gurwin’s ventilator unit. ...
Women of Distinction 2024 Roundtable
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