Janet Snips, Executive Director, Holly Heights Nursing Center
Town hall meetings reveal vaccine misinformation ‘widespread’ among SNF staff
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 29, 2021
“Outspoken” staff members from 50 skilled nursing facilities shared their vaccine concerns with investigators in a series of meetings this winter. The speed of vaccine development and infertility-...
Q&A: Are you listening? A veteran provider on fostering engagement with Black and brown staff, residents
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 26, 2021
The pandemic has trained a spotlight on numerous healthcare disparities faced by Black and brown long-term care residents. Monica Payne, a veteran clinical manager for Omnicare, says that reflecting on...
The overdue digital revolution in post-acute workforce management
By
Rachel Schiff
Mar 25, 2021
Workforce shortages are well understood challenges of the healthcare industry. However, the skilled nursing industry has always been hit the hardest. This market is characterized by tight margins and facilities...
Let the games begin: SNFs host Winter Olympics for residents, staff
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 24, 2021
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic also meant the cancellation of many annual and long-standing sporting events worldwide.
How the COO’s role will continue to evolve
By
Melissa Powell
Mar 22, 2021
For years, there has been speculation that the role of the chief operating officer was being phased out in favor of a chief technology officer or chief information officer. Long known as the “CEO’s...
Warren rips Genesis HealthCare, promises probe into all for-profit nursing homes; company rebuts charges...
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 18, 2021
A top U.S. lawmaker on Wednesday intensified her fiery attacks on beleaguered Genesis HealthCare’s issuance of a hefty bonus to a departing long-time CEO, even as the company was flailing amid the devastation...
Tackling senior care staffing challenges during COVID-19 and beyond
By
David Wilkins
Mar 11, 2021
It has been a year since COVID-19 struck senior care with a vengeance, and the dual pressures to ensure the financial health of an organization along with the physical and mental health of its residents...
Physicians warn of delayed skin reactions to COVID vaccine
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 08, 2021
Clinicians should be aware of injection-site reactions that may occur about a week after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and which may be confused with skin infection, say physicians from Massachusetts...
How SNF operators can reposition themselves now to ensure post-pandemic success
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 05, 2021
Long-term care operators must accept their new census realities to successfully adapt operations for post-pandemic conditions, according to one expert.