It’s imperative to roll out an appeal for new long-term care digs in the right way, starting with a master plan, and a strategy to minimize disruption to residents
State News for February 2017
Feb 05, 2017
MARYLAND — Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is suing a nursing home operator for allegedly expelling residents to free up higher-reimbursed Medicare beds. Frosh filed the suit in Montgomery County Circuit...
Admin earn $95K, while DONs top $82K
By
Ashley Carman
Oct 01, 2013
SNF administrators are seeing the biggest hike, although all nursing home staff saw increases in their paychecks this year. Yet economists warn the trend might not stick around.
Surviving a stroke
Aug 13, 2008
Every 40 seconds, another person in the United States has a stroke, according to the American Heart Association. Ron Gardner, who has survived a stroke, recently wrote “Take Brave Steps for Stroke...
Pain points
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2016
‘Getting ahead’ has led to painkillers becoming long-term care’s most vexing drug problem; addictions, overdependence cloud the newly restrictive picture
SNF: Rogue volunteers took residents
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 06, 2017
A nursing home was fighting allegations it didn’t have an evacuation plan in place during Hurricane Harvey.
Break ups can be hard
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 06, 2017
Making the switch to a new EHR vendor requires research, resources and resolve
Out of the data silo
By
Brett Bakshis
Dec 01, 2014
Interoperability, data analytics and intervention models are giving providers a new way to use healthcare information technology to prevent rehospitalization
Volunteer threatened SNF administrator with gun during Harvey evacuation
By
Oct 03, 2017
One of the volunteers involved in the controversial evacuation of a Texas nursing home following Hurricane Harvey pulled a gun on the facility’s administrator after he resisted their help, according...
Things I Think: Out of control, loving it
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 08, 2018
Pretty much any sense of personal control — in your schedule, to-do list or even life sometimes. That’s what you’ll have to give up to be a great, and happy, long-term care facility administrator....