New tracking tools, guidance help nursing homes treat and prevent facility-acquired infections
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 19, 2012
Government health officials have released a tracking tool that can help nursing homes monitor healthcare-acquired infections.
Affordable Care Act designates $52 million to help disabled, veterans avoid nursing homes
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 01, 2012
Additional government funding is being distributed for a program to keep seniors, disabled individuals and the veterans in their homes, and out of institutionalized long-term care facilities.
AHCA incorporates new rehospitalization measuring tool into Quality Initiative
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 30, 2012
The American Health Care Association announced Thursday that it will employ a new, proprietary methodology for calculating case-mix adjusted hospitalization metrics for its members in its national Quality...
Consumer group cries foul over GOP’s 2013 budget
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 11, 2012
The fiscal 2013 budget, which was passed in the House, would cause seniors’ healthcare costs to surge and wreak havoc on Medicare and Medicaid, two new reports suggest.
Defendant answers charges of luring immigrant workers to US nursing homes
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 26, 2013
A Colorado businessman allegedly lured nurses to the United States under false pretenses, placed them in nursing homes to work and demanded money to maintain their work visas, according to government prosecutors.
ONLINE EXPO UNDERWAY: Technology pioneer demonstrates how animated characters can improve senior care
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 21, 2013
Encouraging residents to talk to animated agents could improve adherence to medication, reduce the need for restraints and lower rehospitalization rates. That’s what Timothy Bickmore, Ph.D., said...
Bedside device accurately determines if extremely dizzy people are having a stroke, researchers find
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 08, 2013
A bedside device that measures eye movements could become a standard way of determining if extreme dizziness is being caused by a stroke, researchers say.
Long-term care pharmacy groups propose changes to make short-cycle dispensing more efficient, cost-effective
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 05, 2013
Long-term care pharmacies are struggling with an Affordable Care Act provision related to short-cycle dispensing of brand name oral solid drugs, according to a recent letter from the Long Term Care Pharmacy...
Lack of nursing home input compromised obesity-lifespan studies, researchers say
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 06, 2013
The exclusion of nursing home residents should cast serious doubt on studies showing a positive relationship between obesity and lifespan, according to a new report.
Painkiller restrictions could hamper nursing home residents, providers
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McKnight's Staff
Jan 29, 2013
Nursing home residents could be adversely affected if proposed painkiller regulations are put in place, according to experts who spoke at a recent federal hearing.