Increase in mortality among whites may explain drop in COVID-19 disparities … AHA: Data show cognitive impairment is common after stroke … People with asthma 36% more likely to get cancer: study …...
Nursing shortages, and why ‘nobody wants to work anymore’
By
Jean Wendland Porter
May 02, 2023
Everyone has been feeling the nursing shortage, and now the Biden administration has tightened staffing rules, and that order will become a harbinger of more skilled nursing facility crises and closings....
CDC to end community tracking of COVID-19
By
Alicia Lasek
May 02, 2023
Community spread will no longer be tracked by the CDC after the PHE ends May 11. Nursing homes have used the data to make COVID-19 mitigation decisions.
Provider insurance rates finally ‘bending in positive direction’ but not all sunny: report
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2023
Long-term care providers could begin to see some relief this spring from insurance rates that escalated during the pandemic.
Nursing home 1, balky insurance company 0 after natural disaster
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 02, 2023
An insurance company must pay for repairs and upgrades to a Florida nursing home after a federal judge ruled that the statute of limitations began when the state issued new regulations, not when the claim...
Meet Daniel Reingold, 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle ‘Inspiration’ Award honoree
By
Kimberly Hartley
May 02, 2023
For Daniel Reingold, social work and caring for the aging is practically in his DNA. His mother was a clinical services administrator at Manhattan’s Altro Health and Rehabilitation Services. His father...
Worker misclassification in the temporary healthcare staffing industry
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By
Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2023
Massive surplus remains while Minnesota nursing homes get limited relief … CDC to stop tracking COVID levels in communities … Study finds sharp increase in mild cognitive impairment among older vets
Initiatives yield decline in antipsychotic use across resident racial, ethnic groups: study
By
Alicia Lasek
May 01, 2023
Declining exposure to the drugs has occurred evenly across nursing home resident racial and ethnic groups, according to a new study.
COVID-19 drug guards against all variants
May 02, 2023
Trial results for AstraZeneca’s experimental antibody, a potential replacement for Evusheld, could be out by September. The company is hoping for emergency use authorization by the end of 2023.