Multiple jobs held by nurses, direct care workers tied to coronavirus transmission
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 09, 2020
Many healthcare workers with secondary jobs move across health settings, and 15% of second jobs for personal care and nursing aides are in other essential occupations, investigators say.
After decade of progress, diabetes control loses steam as first-line therapies go underused
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 11, 2021
Reinvigorating the use of first-line therapies such as statins, metformin, ACE inhibitors or ARB is key to getting care and outcomes back on track, investigators say.
Meet Estela Divino, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Aug 06, 2021
Estela Divino, director of social work, Regal Heights Rehabilitation Center, Jackson Heights, NY is in the class of 2021 Mcknight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP honoree.
Initial COVID-19 lockdown had no ‘clinically relevant negative effects’ on residents’ mood, behavior,...
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 19, 2022
Nursing homes’ initial lockdown during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic did not result in “clinically relevant negative effects” on residents’ mood, behavior, social and cognitive functions,...
Abuse icon will limit star-rating scores; CMS also removes two pain quality measures
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 09, 2019
Providers could see an automatic shift in their federal star ratings thanks to several new changes to the system, including the controversial addition of a warning icon next to certain cited facilities...
Reducing errors
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 04, 2015
Experts warn that common MDS mistakes still plague many providers, threatening the bottom line and resident care. But software may hold the solution.
Staff interaction habits are holding back nursing home quality improvement, researchers find
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 10, 2014
Nursing homes can improve resident care and staff satisfaction by changing the usual way that workers interact with each other, suggests newly published research from investigators at a handful of academic...
Average wages for SNFs have increased by nearly 20%, state data shows
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 28, 2022
New Hampshire nursing homes on average paid about 20% more in labor costs per day from 2019 to 2021 due in part to the ongoing workforce crisis, according to a new report.
6% increase in liability claims expected for skilled nursing next year
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 17, 2018
Nursing homes should expect to see a 6% increase in liability claims next year, which, for a 100-bed facility would total about $241,000 in expenses, after the uptick.
Pressure mounting on CMS to exclude COVID vaccination data in quality reporting
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 18, 2021
More long-term care stakeholders are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ditch its proposal to expand the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program to include staff COVID-19...