Pharmacists key players in tracking COVID meds, info
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2021
Managing medications is just part of the job as the needed pandemic treatments, policies keep evolving.
Wider vaccine mandate afoot
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2021
The Biden administration raised the stakes significantly in August, first announcing that nursing homes would need to have staff members fully vaccinated to receive Medicaid or Medicare funding, and three...
Paul Harrison: Moving with a purpose
By
Chloe Konrad
Oct 01, 2021
Paul Harrison, President and CEO, Village at Incarnate Word
Party ‘like no other’ for 112 years
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2021
Community members across Guthrie, OK, stopped for a moment in late August to celebrate the birthday of the state’s oldest resident on record.
Ask the nursing expert: What should we be doing to prepare for this SNF QRP measure?
By
Amy Stewart
Oct 01, 2021
CMS has finalized the SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Requiring Hospitalization measure in the Fiscal Year 2022 SNF PPS Final Rule. What should we be doing to prepare for this SNF QRP measure?
60 seconds with … Alicia DiGiammarino
Sep 01, 2021
Alicia DiGiammarino, MS, Developer of HEAR with UCSF
Lynn Hood: Open-heart specialist
By
Emma Baumgartel
Sep 01, 2021
A tornado struck Connecticut when Lynn M. Hood was an emergency medical technician in high school, and she found herself assisting in one of her first emergency disasters. Since then, she has continued...
Mood of the Market Survey reveals most long-term care leaders want to stay in the profession, others...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2021
2020 McKnight’s Mood of the Market Survey reveals dedicated long-term care leaders looking for better salary and more staff, but by and large satisfied with their jobs, despite historic conditions.
Thanks to COVID, unions are primed for an upswing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 01, 2021
I’ve been a union member twice in my life, both times at jobs where I didn’t understand their potential power or how their work might have benefitted me.
Ask the legal expert: How do you suggest we handle powers of attorney executed by our residents?
By
John Durso
Sep 01, 2021
How do you suggest we handle powers of attorney executed by our residents? Who should gather the powers of attorney and where should they be stored? How should we follow them to avoid liability?