Study: Abrupt shifts in sleep patterns lead to higher mortality rate
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Haymarket Media
Dec 12, 2007
Caregivers might want to be careful about imposing radically different bed- or wake-up times on residents. Major changes in a person’s long-held sleep patterns increase the risks of death, sleep...
Payment and Policy: Surveyors turn attention to activities guidance: Expert
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James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2007
Providers should stay on guard, even if they haven’t yet felt
the heat from 18-month-old activity and psychosocial surveyor guidance.
60 Seconds with … Doug Pace, VP, Culture Transformation, AAHSA
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Haymarket Media
Mar 11, 2006
Q: Why the culture change push now? A: One of (American Association of Homes and Services President) Larry Minnix’s “five big ideas,” issued in October at our annual meeting, is promoting...
Trump presidency promises long-term care changes
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Elizabeth Newman
Nov 10, 2016
While President-elect Donald J. Trump promised on the campaign trail that he would repeal the Affordable Care Act on the first day in office, long-term care experts said Wednesday they weren’t sure...
These stress management moves can help nurses cope much longer
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Amy Novotney
Jul 10, 2023
Interventions aimed at reducing work-related stress for nurses may lead to improvements in how people cope with stress up to a year later, according to Dutch researchers.
NY’s Cuomo, NJ’s Murphy ignore request to explain controversial nursing home policies
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 22, 2020
Govs. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and Phil Murphy (D-NJ) have both refused a request from House GOP members asking them to explain their policies for nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Bain Capital Double Impact acquires HealthDrive
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 09, 2019
Bain Capital Double Impact has bought HealthDrive, a provider that offers on-site dentistry, optometry, podiatry and audiology to residents in long-term care.
A crowning achievement
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Nov 05, 2015
Sylvia Holland didn’t expect to get too far when she entered the race for Ms. Alabama Nursing Home.
Court upholds NLRB union ‘ambush elections’ rule
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Aug 03, 2015
A U.S. district court has dismissed a lawsuit aimed at overturning a National Labor Relations Board rule that could speed up union elections.
HHS awards states $285 million to support formation of innovative care and payment models
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 25, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services will award $285 million for 25 states to innovate healthcare delivery and payment systems, the agency announced on Feb. 21. In many of these states, long-term...