COVID not only upended lives, but for thousands of nursing home residents, it washed away the kinds of daily routines and rituals that help instill calm and order. Bathing practices were no exception,...
Ask the wound expert … about wound care’s economic burden
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2023
Q: What is the burden of wound care on the economy and society at large?
BCDI buys HealthDrive to fill gaps in its ancillary services
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2019
Bain Capital Double Impact has bought HealthDrive, with a goal of serving more skilled nursing and assisted living residents.
Ask the treatment expert: How can you tell if skin breakdown in the buttock region is moisture-associated...
By
Jeri Lundgren
May 01, 2020
How can you tell if skin breakdown in the buttock region is moisture-associated skin damage (MASD) from incontinence, versus a pressure injury?
60 Seconds with … Adam Dean, PhD
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2023
Q: Your latest research linked nursing home union representation to a 3.2% relative reduction in nurse staff turnover. What factors are at play?
Ask the legal expert: Can CMS increase financial penalties on nursing homes?
By
Norris Cunningham
Apr 01, 2022
Q: I read that the Biden Administration is seeking to increase financial penalties on nursing homes to catastrophic amounts. Can CMS really do this?
Ask the Payment Expert
By
Caryn Adams
Sep 06, 2019
What are the final things we should do to be ready for PDPM Oct. 1? With the implementation of the Patient-Driven Payment Model mere weeks away, the final countdown is on. Shore up the facility RAI...
How to do it … Greater EHR interoperability
By
John Hall
Mar 02, 2020
Experts discuss here how to ensure greater interoperability with electronic health records.
Ask the care expert: Do you know of anything to assist with protecting nursing staff from violent residents,...
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 01, 2020
Do you know of anything to assist with protecting nursing staff from violent residents, visitors or fellow staff members?
Embracing the now
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 01, 2020
It’s one of the most ubiquitous laments of the pandemic, how time passes in a shapeless blur. “Sunrise, sunset. Swiftly flow the days,” goes the song from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” And...