For a while, it appeared the feds had pulled it off: Nobody was going to be watching the right hand while the left hand fiddled away.
Number of nursing students rise, many turned away
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 27, 2012
More students than ever are trying to become nurses, but many qualified applicants are being turned away due to lack of faculty and teaching space, a nursing college group said Friday.
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: Larry Minnix’s 12 secrets to successful aging
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 29, 2018
Retired LeadingAge President and CEO Larry Minnix has published his first book, an inspirational self-help volume for people of all walks of life, “Hallowed Ground: Stories of Successful Aging.” Reprinted...
LTC expert panel: Cautious optimism for SNFs
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2015
As 2014 drew to a close, long-term care providers had reason to pat themselves on the back. Successes over the past year included a significant reduction in off-label use of antipsychotics, improvements...
Potential residents will be plentiful for long-term operators in the very near future, but will service...
By
John Hall
Nov 02, 2018
Demographic analysis clearly shows long-term care will have a substantially larger number of potential residents within the next five to seven years. Some long-term care leaders have predicted as a matter...
Technology bytes
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 05, 2015
Working together to streamline electronic prescribing is a ‘work in progress’ that continues to challenge operators, prescribers and pharmacists to get it right
The pressure’s on
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2016
New skin injury standards may lead to clinical clarity but they also present myriad questions about billing and liability issues for many long-term care providers
The big difference of small homes
By
Rebecca Priest
Apr 08, 2016
Within three years, I envision each of the Small Homes shopping for groceries at an actual store that exists right where my current office sits, with other amenities common to a neighborhood being built...
Wound warriors
By
Julie Williamson
Jun 01, 2013
Providers keep up the good fight as they close care gaps on multi-drug resistant organism-infected wounds by seeking out the right treatment and product.
A case for interoperability: Electronic lynchpin for long-term success
By
Greg Nicholas
Apr 24, 2017
As an owner-operator, you likely are on information overload when it comes to electronic health record (EHR) systems.