In the late 2010s, the long-term care industry began to take action that would reflect the growing importance of incorporating robust infection prevention practices. Facilities were required to develop...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 3
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
Medicare Advantage enrollment tops 50% for first time … Iowa reviewing certificate of need process for nursing homes …. NIC huddle: ALF job levels return while SNFs staffing still struggling …...
Worker misclassification in the temporary healthcare staffing industry
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A modest staffing proposal
By
John O'Connor
Apr 30, 2023
With Labor Day upon us again, I think it’s as good a time as any to offer a suggestion that might fuel improvement.
New SNF Value-Based Purchasing program: Act now!
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 28, 2023
When I read my first SNF PPS final rule about 25 years ago, I thought that the start dates for some of its initiatives were so far in the future that they were of no concern. As a young person, my long-range...
FDA approves pill to treat deadly C. difficile infections
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2023
The first-of-its-kind fecal microbiota pill treats recurrent infections caused by Clostridium difficile, an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that’s a danger to nursing home residents.
Nursing agency owes $260K for unpaid overtime
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 28, 2023
A nursing staffing agency has been fined more than $260,000 for incorrectly paying workers and denying them overtime.
A new kind of activity calendar strategy for dementia care
By
James Lee
Charles de Vilmorin
Apr 27, 2023
Dementia is not a normal part of aging. These eight words should help anchor and inspire the long-term care and senior living industry’s collective work to change, renew and elevate the ways...
Shuttered nursing home avoids class action in understaffing lawsuit
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2023
While sympathetic to nursing home residents’ claims that they received “deficient” care, a federal judge has ruled their case cannot be certified as a class action because claims and damages related...
When Denise Robertson arrived at Northern Iowa Therapy in 2017, the small company that serves rural Iowa was visiting a single-outpatient community and nine skilled nursing communities.