As many have noted, the federal government’s first-ever nursing home staffing mandate can be a very dangerous thing. Just maybe not for the reason that many have been portraying.
Most nursing homes lack tech capacity to communicate with clinical partners
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 09, 2022
Fully 68% of facilities surveyed nationwide were unable to communicate electronically with external partners, including clinics, labs or pharmacies, researchers from the Columbia University School of Nursing...
Fully 40% of healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19 show no symptoms, and about half of those who test positive are nurses, according investigators.
CMS considered prohibiting binding arbitration entirely, seeks comments
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Jul 21, 2015
Facilities that present binding arbitration agreements to residents must ensure the residents fully understand the agreement, according to a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
McKnight’s Newsmaker Video: Golden Living taking important quality steps, CEO says
Oct 14, 2009
Golden Living is moving toward a more fully integrated, patient-centric company, Dr. Neil Kurtz, president and CEO of the nursing home chain, told McKnight’s.
In breakthrough, feds OK nursing home visits, group dining and activities; update infection control guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2021
After nearly a year in lockdown, nursing home residents can participate in indoor visitation, communal dining and group activities — with exceptions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...
Unvaccinated workers at nursing homes could be replaced by National Guard, official says
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Danielle Brown
Sep 28, 2021
New York officials plan to turn to the National Guard to help keep nursing homes fully staffed after the state’s broad vaccine mandate kicked in for healthcare workers Monday.
Trio is trouble in assisted living: Risky neuro drug combos too common, dementia expert says
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 11, 2021
Fully one in seven people with dementia who do not live in nursing homes are taking at least three drugs that act on the central nervous system — beyond the advised limit, a new study finds.
COVID-19 hospitalization rates 30 times higher in the unvaccinated, CDC finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2021
Despite the known effectiveness of U.S.-sanctioned COVID-19 vaccines, some fully vaccinated individuals will still become infected. But their unvaccinated peers have five times the risk of infection and...