Changes in nursing home ownership may depress care and staffing, report finds
By
John Roszkowski
Sep 04, 2024
Changes in nursing home ownership may have a small, but statistically significant, negative impact on staffing levels and the overall quality of patient care at nursing homes, according to new research.
CMS needs a better entry point for nursing home value-based care. Researchers say I-SNPs hold major potential
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 04, 2024
Institutional Special Needs Plans could be the tool nursing homes need to find better clinical and financial success and help the government achieve its goals of reducing costs and improving quality, a...
Also in the News for Thursday, Sept. 5
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 04, 2024
NIH puts $15.5M toward increasing nursing home resident participation in clinical trials … CMS schedules listening session on possible expansion of MDS data collection … Florida vets’ homes need...
Report: Senior-centered primary care practices offer better care access, fewer disparities
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 04, 2024
A study published Tuesday in Health Affairs finds that older adults have better access to care and experience fewer racial or social disparities when they use “senior-focused” primary care practices.
Association chief disputes study finding that thousands of nursing homes didn’t have a medical director...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 03, 2024
More than one-third of US nursing homes did not have a medical director onsite during the first quarter of 2023, according to new study findings, which were strongly rebuffed by the head of the Post-Acute...
Coping well in older age linked to reduced death risk: study
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 03, 2024
Older adults who can deal with, and adapt to, challenges in life have a lower risk of dying overall, according to a study published Tuesday in BMJ Mental Health.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 3
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2024
CMS posts SNF QRP Quality Measure calculations and Reporting User’s Manual V6.0 … Collaborative study looks at dementia diagnosis rates in Native populations … Fire safety concerns trigger nursing...
In-person contact more effective than digital contact in lessening loneliness in older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2024
In-person contact is most effective in lessening loneliness in older adults, working better than phoning, emailing or texting, according to a new study published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series...
Labor Day weekend precedes sprint to end of fiscal, election years
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 30, 2024
McKnight’s wishes our readers a happy and healthy long Labor Day weekend. Policy makers, regulators and association planners are ready to ramp up to full speed coming out of it.
Loneliness tied to death ideation in older adults, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 29, 2024
A new study explored the relationship between loneliness, suicidal thoughts and death ideation in older adults. Overall, feeling lonely was linked with thoughts of wanting to die, according to the results.