Mobile technology, coupled with a plethora of “apps,” is creating amazing opportunities for long-term care residents to connect with the outside world. Getting residents to embrace newer technology,...
Nurses like 12-hour shifts, if done right
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
Working 12-hour shifts may have a positive effect on job satisfaction and allow nurses more flexibility to further their education, according to a study conducted in Pennsylvania.
Ask the Nursing Expert about … managing a nursing budget
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Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Mar 08, 2018
I’m hearing about facilities going bankrupt and closing. As a director of nursing, what can I do to help manage my department’s budget without degrading quality of care?
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...
Things I think: Surviving the treadmill
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Gary Tetz
Mar 08, 2018
Exercise can be hazardous to your health. Like antipsychotics, its pursuit should include a black box warning that atypical, or even typical, fitness attempts carry increased risk of injury and embarrassment....
Just the ticket: From data to design, laundry services are undergoing significant changes
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Meg LaPorte
Mar 08, 2018
Laundry may not be the sexiest of topics in long-term care, but it is nonetheless an important — albeit sometimes overlooked — element when it comes to design, safety, and infection control efforts.
Advocacy group calls on CMS to increase Medicare audits, expand review criteria
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
The Council for Medicare Integrity this week asked Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to expand efforts to reduce improper Medicare billing as heading off some planned program cuts.
Study: Fall detection devices ‘aren’t properly tested’
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 06, 2018
Pouring over nearly 120 worldwide studies on fall-prevention technology, investigators found that the majority were tested in lab settings utilizing students, and some used mannequins to simulate falls....
Experts: Hospitals should work directly with nursing homes to address infections
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 02, 2018
Hospitals have made much greater strides in cutting infection rates than their peers in the long-term care space and should work more closely with the latter to share know-how and better address the issues,...
Many Medicaid recipients skipping premiums in states that require them
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2018
Tens of thousands of Medicaid enrollees are opting not to pay premiums In the five states that require them.