Marselas soars as McKnight’s Long-Term Care News wins 4 national APEX awards
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John O'Connor
Jul 19, 2024
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kim Marselas enjoyed a stellar showing in the 2024 APEX Awards of Excellence journalism competition, having a hand in all four of the publication’s honors.
Registration opens for LeadingAge annual meeting Oct. 27-30
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James M. Berklan
Jul 19, 2024
The annual meeting and exposition for LeadingAge, the long-term care association dedicated solely to nonprofit providers, has opened its registration portal.
Nursing home staffing decisions and policies must go ‘beyond simple headcounts’: researchers find
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 18, 2024
As nursing home staffing policies remain stuck in a national spotlight thanks to controversy surrounding the new federal staffing mandate, new study results indicate that improving quality of care is more...
Nursing workplace issues improved in 2023 over 2022, but problems remain
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 18, 2024
Nurses said workplace conditions improved in 2023 compared to 2022, but planned departure rates, abusive or violent events, and unsafe conditions were still high, a new survey finds. Additionally, understaffing...
Group lays out plan for empowered long-term care workers
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 18, 2024
The Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Provider Roundtable (AADCPR) — a group that aims to solve issues in the long-term care, home care and community-based services workforce — came up with...
Transition to managed care leaves state’s providers with weeks-long pay shortages
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 17, 2024
Indiana’s transition to Medicaid managed care for long-term supports and services this month was billed as a way to streamline care options and better manage costs for seniors. But some long-term care...
Nursing homes ‘can’t escape’ need for increased palliative care access: researchers
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 17, 2024
Nursing home residents could greatly benefit from expanded access to palliative care, but providers need more access to standardized tools, staff education and relationships with clinicians to make informed...
Also in the News for Thursday, July 18, 2024
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 17, 2024
Mayo Clinic scientists define new type of memory loss often mistaken for Alzhemer’s in older adults … CMS releases guidance to help manage Medicare prescription drug costs … AARP lays out vision...
Team ranks disease patterns in older adults starting long-term care
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 17, 2024
A team of researchers used artificial intelligence to glean more insights into different disease categories and the prognosis for older adults who have them who entered long-term care. The authors said...
Consider social supports as a frailty fighter: report
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 17, 2024
Social supports need to be considered to prevent frailty in older adults, according to a study published Tuesday in Frontiers in Public Health.