Federal bill returning temporary nurse aide waiver gets new life
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 26, 2023
A bill that would allow non-certified nurse aides to work in nursing homes longer than four months has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives.
Supportive management can make/break nursing careers
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2016
Working toward a common goal in a supportive environment improves patient care and employee retention, according to a study of early-career nurses in Quebec.
The 2023 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey: Pay up if we’re ‘never going to get caught up’
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2023
The staffing crisis in long-term care is showing signs of easing, but many building leaders still want higher pay in exchange for the extra work they’re putting in, according to results from the fifth...
Top US health official takes more heat over nursing home staffing standards
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2024
For the second time in a week, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra faced a grilling on Capitol Hill over federal regulators’ plans to impose a nurse staffing minimum on all US nursing...
ProMedica Senior Care betting on partners with ‘skin in the game’
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2021
A hospital-to-skilled nursing conversion project uniting ProMedica and Ohio’s MetroHealth is the first of several collaborations the giant senior care operator is planning to launch this year. It’s...
Drug-dispensing workarounds, inexperienced nurses top safety concerns for 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 14, 2024
The use of electronic medication carts and other pharmacy technologies in long-term care has increased in recent years, but a new report out this week illustrates ongoing safety worries about the ability...
American Senior Communities’ Donna Kelsey: Recruiting partners and investing in the future
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2022
Investments in innovation and a willingness to forge new partnerships will help lift skilled nursing providers out of the COVID-era, predicts veteran nursing homes leader Donna Kelsey.
Nursing home averts picket after promising $80K in bonuses
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 26, 2023
A group of nursing home workers who threatened to picket their employer this week put down the placards after being promised more than $80,000 in bonuses their union says they are owed.
Taking the senior care ancillary route: Proceed, but with caution
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 28, 2022
Diversification is an increasingly important business tactic for many senior care operators, but those in skilled nursing need to ensure they view add-on services through the appropriate lens.
Medicare Advantage slowing COVID discharges to SNFs: report
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2021
A new report finds Medicare Advantage restrictions are also creating log jams in hospitals desperate to discharge patients to post-acute care and free up needed beds.