Antipsychotic prescribing higher at nursing homes in disadvantaged areas: study
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 25, 2024
Nursing homes in disadvantaged communities are more likely to overmedicate residents with antipsychotics, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.
Study: It’s time to update hospital readmission risk assessment tools for SNFs
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 26, 2023
A new study calls for updating the tools used to assess hospital readmission risk for skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents.
Nursing home ownership changes do not cause erosions in care quality, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 20, 2023
A study that focused on nursing home ownership changes found that shifting owners may not be the reason behind ensuing lower care quality at the facilities.
Air filters can’t stop viral infection transmission, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 17, 2023
Air filtration systems may be the norm in long-term care facilities post-pandemic, but a new study says they can’t stop people from getting viral infections, according to new research.
Nurse practitioners lower emergency visits in one Japanese nursing home, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 03, 2024
One way of dealing with the shortage of doctors in nursing homes is to utilize nurse practitioners, or NPs. A new study looked at the effects of placing NPs in one nursing home in Japan.
Nursing home job losses happened three times as fast as in other sectors: JAMA
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 08, 2023
Nursing homes job losses have mounted at more than triple the rate of loss in hospitals and physicians’ offices, according to new research that looked at labor rates from 2016 to 2022.
Nursing homes’ financial reporting just ‘smoke and mirrors,’ consumer advocate alleges
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 22, 2023
Federal and state regulators should require consolidated, audited financial reporting of every nursing home group in the country to get beyond the “smoke and mirrors” and better understand exactly...
Trunk-or-treat at SNF brings kids, residents and staff together
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 07, 2023
It’s not often that more than 100 people from multiple generations come together for a party, but that’s just what took place the Friday before Halloween at Hallmark Healthcare of Pekin, a skilled...
‘Nursing homes can’t be trusted’
By
John O'Connor
Jan 16, 2024
Sun Tzu is credited with being the first person to say “Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer.” That was good advice when he lived about 2,500 years ago. It remains good advice today.
Nursing home COVID deaths climb, but vaccinations move slowly upward too
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2023
Deaths of nursing home patients from COVID-19 climbed as vaccination rates hit new lows last month, according to an updated analysis by the AARP Public Policy Institute and the Scripps Gerontology Center.