Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda...
Racial, gender disparities among direct care workers hurting recruitment, researchers say
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Nov 09, 2017
Women of color working in direct care roles at nursing homes are more likely to live in poverty and rely on public assistance, posing a major challenge in recruitment, a new report suggests.
Discharge proposal could improve patients’ moves to SNFs, new study says
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Aug 09, 2017
Many hospital patients don’t receive quality information on skilled nursing facilities prior to their discharge, often times choosing a facility solely based on location, a new study shows.
Experts say full staff engagement, training crucial to improving dementia care
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Jun 17, 2015
Specialized training could help staff better handle disturbances, and decrease the need for antipsychotics, according to experts affiliated with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Feds want to remove pain questions from hospital report cards to combat opioid abuse
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Jul 08, 2016
Clinicians may feel less pressure to prescribe opioids to hospital patients under a proposal made Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Lawsuit: Dangerous lift transfers preceded woman’s deadly fall at nursing home
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2018
The family of a woman who died after falling while being transferred with a lift is suing her former nursing home for nearly $2.5 million.
Push to end lockouts of certified aide training gains bipartisan support
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 19, 2019
Nursing home lobbying groups scored a victory last week with the introduction of a bipartisan bill to kill “rigid provisions” they say are handcuffing the industry’s ability to improve staffing.
Having my say: Try these new words
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 01, 2011
Every year, the Washington Post has a Mensa Invitational where they invite readers to 1) take any word from the dictionary, 2) alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one or two letters and 3) supply...
Study predicts injury increase for medical professionals
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 06, 2012
High tech will mean high-risk for some healthcare workers, according to projections from a Cornell University ergonomics professor. The push to make healthcare high tech, which is being pumped with $20...
Having my say — Lessons from a nightmare
Oct 05, 2007
Editor’s note: The author was the first corporate-level nursing home official in Iowa to be indicted on criminal charges related to resident care.
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