Patients returning to the hospital from post-acute care facilities — including skilled nursing facilities, long-term care, nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities — is a long-standing issue in...
Grant preparation costs $270K, nursing researchers estimate
Oct 13, 2015
Nursing researchers may spend up to four 40-hour weeks and more than $270,000 in costs preparing for a single National Institutes of Health grant application, a new study shows.
Healthcare Transactions Groups arranges two SNF sales
Oct 13, 2015
Healthcare Transactions Group Inc. arranged the sale of Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing and Riverside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing.
‘The Adventures of The Geropsychologist’!
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Oct 13, 2015
There have been thousands of movies and TV shows about the exciting work of cops, lawyers, and hospitals, but long-term care? Fuhgeddaboutit! Until now.
Staying on the right side of compliance
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Elizabeth Newman
Oct 09, 2015
In the 403-page Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed rule, there has been a lot of discussion around arbitration, quality and education. But buried within also are new regulations around compliance...
FoodHandler Inc. launches MedHandler
Oct 06, 2015
FoodHandler Inc. announced the launch of MedHandler® oneSafe system, which includes the oneSAFE Single-Glove Dispensing System line.
Life Support Technologies partners with OLT
Oct 06, 2015
Life Support Technologies Group has partnered with Off-Loading Technologies Inc., both in New York, have created Oxy-Mat™ for management of pressure ulcers.
CBRE Group Inc. sells 15 facilities
Oct 06, 2015
CBRE Group Inc. announced the sale of 15 skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living facilities in Cincinnati and Dayton, OH, in a $173 million transaction to CareTrust REIT Inc.
WPC Healthcare selects Crossley
Oct 06, 2015
Guy Crossley has joined WPC Healthcare as its president.
Ventas done with spin-off
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Oct 05, 2015
Ventas Inc. announced it has completed the spin-off of the majority of its post-acute and skilled nursing facility portfolio into an independent, publicly traded REIT.