Ulcer study tries to unify paperwork, speed alerts
Mar 22, 2004
Wound care nurse Perry Tackett said he was elated when he found out his facility, Sugarcreek Rest in Worthington, PA, was picked out of a hundred to take part in a study aimed at speeding up nursing interventions...
Analysis: A New Year, a new chapter in COVID-19 struggle
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2021
2021 offers opportunities to help long-term care better fight virus, transform itself.
Nursing home coalition indicted for illegal contributions to political group
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 24, 2004
A Texas grand jury on Tuesday indicted a coalition of some of the nation’s largest nursing home companies for making illegal contributions to a political action committee formed by U.S. House Majority...
Administrator adds special guests for her big day
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 02, 2020
The bonds formed between providers and patients can sometimes feel like family. Residents and staff members at a Georgia skilled nursing facility made an administrator’s wedding day even more special...
A ‘special’ feeling that no provider wants to have
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2014
As spring blends into summer, some nursing home operators are going to start feeling more heat. The federal government is moving to reclaim some form of “normalcy” after sequestration cuts...
Study results for knee osteoarthritis show promise
Dec 20, 2016
Centrexion Therapeutics has announced “positive statistically significant topline results” from its Phase 2b study of CNTX-4975 for people with chronic moderate-to-severe pain from knee osteoarthritis,...
Episode-based payment the focus of Sept. 23 McKnight’s webinar
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 28, 2014
As value-based payment and delivery models take hold in Medicare, providers must shift their focus from managing stays to managing episodes of care. Experts from Avalere Health leading a McKnight’s...
To fight dementia, learn a new language
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 01, 2013
People who speak more than one language tend to develop dementia up to five years later than those who are monolingual, new research reveals.
Nursing home group criticizes proposed painkiller dispensing legislation
Sep 19, 2011
Newly proposed legislation aimed at easing painkiller-dispensing regulations in nursing homes is being loudly condemned by the American Health Care Association.
Court: Mental incapacitation not a factor in signing nursing home arbitration agreement
Jun 23, 2011
A Kentucky federal court ruled Monday that an arbitration agreement signed by a nursing home resident is enforceable, even though the 74-year-old woman said she suffered from a major mental disorder.