Vascular risk factors associated with higher dementia risk as people age
By
John Roszkowski
May 23, 2022
People with vascular conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or high blood pressure have an increased chance of getting dementia as they grow older, a new study has found.
60 Seconds with … Jasmine Travers, PhD, RN
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
You recently studied the impact of the COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, on nursing homes. What did you find?
Light exposure during sleep linked to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure in seniors
Jun 24, 2022
Older men and women who are exposed to any amount of light while sleeping are more likely to have these chronic conditions than their peers who sleep in total darkness, investigators have found.
Ask the care expert: How to develop a great leader?
Oct 17, 2019
I am trying to encourage some of my newly hired nurses who definitely show the early signs of becoming a great leader. Do you have any tips? With the average age of the RN being near retirement age in...
New York eyes ‘draconian’ screening, isolation for nursing home patients colonized with C. auris
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 28, 2019
Facing the spread of the deadly and highly resistant Candida auris fungus, New York might require nursing homes and hospitals to conduct pre-admission screenings and isolate carriers and the infected.
Congress should increase funding for non-institutional care, link payment and performance, Medicaid directors...
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 30, 2013
The U.S. system for providing long-term care should be changed to reduce the number of people living in facilities and better align spending with health outcomes, according to comments that state Medicaid...
Wrongful death suit against SNF filed too late for arbitration, appeals court rules
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Jul 26, 2017
A lawsuit claiming an Ohio skilled nursing facility was negligent in a former resident’s death can’t be sent to arbitration since the claim was filed after the statute-of-limitations had expired,...
Practitioner tool updated for mobile use
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
PointClickCare released its latest version of an ePrescribing and Physician Encounters line at the AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care conference in March.
CVS to acquire Omnicare for $10.4 billion
By
John Hall
May 22, 2015
Retail pharmacy giant CVS announced Thursday it will acquire Omnicare, marking the third major recent consolidation among pharmacies and allied companies providing specialty services and pharmacy benefit...
Providers complain to feds about ACO structure, want more incentives
By
John Hall
Feb 10, 2015
A new rule proposing sweeping changes to the Medicare accountable care model offers few incentives and could dissuade greater participation, 34 leading healthcare organizations and industry groups said...