Operators must embrace technology to reduce staffing costs, experts advise
Nov 11, 2011
Nursing homes can survive recent Medicare and impending Medicaid cuts by embracing the use of technology to reduce staffing costs, said experts in a McKnight’s webinar Thursday.
Study: More hospitalized SNF residents using ventilators, despite lack of improvement
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Oct 12, 2016
An increasing number of nursing home residents with advanced dementia are put on mechanical ventilators when they’re hospitalized, despite the fact that the treatment doesn’t improve their...
Recipe contest provides flavor
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
The dietary team at Riverdale’s Hebrew Home sure knows how to stir the pot. Wanting to give residents a better sense of how the industrial kitchen runs — and a little more say over its menu —James...
MDS 3.0, pressure ulcers push Expo to record highs; sessions conclude today
Mar 26, 2015
There are a lot of swirling questions why certain residents develop pressure ulcers, which remain a costly and critical issue for long-term care providers, a leading wound care expert noted Wednesday.
State supreme court allows SNFs to arbitrate survival claims
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Oct 03, 2016
Pennsylvania nursing homes will be able to force survival claims from deceased residents’ estates into arbitration, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
CDC: Reduce citations with these antibiotic stewardship tools
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Danielle Brown
Oct 05, 2021
Long-term care providers constantly being cited for lapses in antibiotic stewardship should adopt antibiotic-use protocols to improve adherence to federal infection control guidelines, according to a new...
What the future holds
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John O'Connor
May 08, 2015
Like many people, I often wonder what operators should be doing to prep for the road ahead. So when the final program for last month’s NIC Capital Business Strategies Forum listed a session called...
At Thanksgiving celebration, CNA shows up early, stays late
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 21, 2018
A certified nursing assistant at one Texas facility is earning accolades for the extra work she puts in around Thanksgiving.
Ask the Nursing Expert about … CPR
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Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Apr 06, 2015
How is the decision made whether a resident should be resuscitated?
OIG: 90,000 Part D enrollees at ‘serious risk’ due to excessive opioids, prescribing patterns...
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Jul 17, 2017
Roughly half a million Medicare beneficiaries receive high amounts of opioids, with nearly 90,000 of those at “serious risk” from the medications, a federal watchdog warns.