Long-term care organizations have a responsibility to teach people about living quality lives as older adults. It also makes business sense to do so.
Study: Case-mix Medicaid reimbursement systems contain disincentives for nursing home quality improvement
Mar 17, 2009
Nursing home Medicaid reimbursement systems can work to improve quality of care and save money–but they have to be used the right way, a new report suggests.
MedPAC focuses on nursing home rehospitalizations
Oct 10, 2008
Congress’s advisory panel on Medicare matters is examining rehospitalization rates of nursing home residents. Staff members for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission told commissioners last week...
Rethinking resident bathing
By
Julie Williamson
May 01, 2008
It’s one of the hardest tasks for caregivers, but bathing does not have to be a chore if you focus on residents’ needs
Care not same as caring
By
Mary Eleanor Wickersham
May 01, 2008
When “Dianne Butler’s” mother was rushed to the emergency room with signs of a heart attack, the ER nurses quickly cut away her snug, pullover silk shift. Hurrying to do CPR and start...
Growth in a Green House
By
Jill Gilbert
May 01, 2008
The nursing home industry isn’t known for setting trends, but that landscape may be changing.
Ask the treatment expert
By
Donna Sardina
May 01, 2008
Is it a realistic care plan goal to heal a diabetic foot ulcer that has been present for two years?
Nurse ratios to drop
Apr 01, 2008
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) issued a mandate last month to lower the ratio of nurses to residents in nursing homes.
In search of the right stuff
By
John O'Connor
Feb 08, 2008
My deficiencies involving most things mechanical have provided family and friends with countless hours of entertainment.
It’s in the genes
By
Liza Berger
Jan 15, 2008
CEO Robert Adams follows in his father’s footsteps.