After two years in pandemic mode, many skilled nursing providers are still hoping for a routine visit from surveyors. Thousands need a fresh chance to improve ratings.
How to do it … Best bathing practices despite staff shortages
By
John Hall
Mar 01, 2022
Workforce shortages continue to challenge skilled providers in many areas, and patient bathing isn’t exempt. In spite of all the disruption, however, COVID-19 has revealed the resilience of staff and...
Todd Beesley: LTC’s Swiss Army knife
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 01, 2022
Todd Beesley, Director of Human Resources, Diakonos Group
State News for January/February 2022
Feb 01, 2022
Staffing pressures and Medicaid reimbursement issues being felt around the nation pushed several Nebraska nursing homes to their ends in late 2021.
An Alzheimer’s cause found?
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2022
Researchers might have discovered why some people with protein plaques and tangles in their brains do not develop Alzheimer’s disease.
Ask the Legal Expert
By
Norris Cunningham
Feb 01, 2022
More than 200,000 workers have left nursing homes during the pandemic. What are the legal risks of related worker shortages?
Don’t overlook management of medications in infection battle
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2022
Many once-waning yet still-debilitating infections are rising in numbers again, erasing some of the gains made fighting multidrug resistant organisms.
Editor’s Desk | A vivid reminder how we’re all in this together
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2022
When word spread in early September about a trio of Maine nursing homes announcing their pending closures, a lot of media outlets and special interest groups put a spotlight on them.
Range of providers use extra cash to lure, keep needed staff
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2022
Long-term care workers in several regions are in line for significant wage increases after employees received pledges of more support from their respective operators.
Having My Say | When the world spun out of control, they stepped up
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2022
Nursing home workers are some of the most dedicated in healthcare, often sacrificing on behalf of their charges. That commitment shines through in times of natural disaster.