Age-related changes are a natural part of everyone’s existence. We can all expect to get wrinkles, gray hair, and decreases in our vision and hearing, among many other delightful changes. However,...
Trouble with success
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2014
As my dear mother used to say, it’s a rare cloud that doesn’t offer some kind of silver lining.
Nursing home hospice provider kept patients in hospice for years, overbilled for their care, prosecutors...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 28, 2014
An Illinois-based hospice provider overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by inappropriately designating nursing home residents as hospice patients, sometimes for years, according to federal charges announced...
Transportation feature — Riding high
By
Julie Williamson
Jul 06, 2007
Access to reliable, safe vehicles can boost your facility’s image – and improve the quality of life for your residents.
Rehabilitation Feature: The short view
By
Liza Berger
Apr 11, 2007
Despite pressure from hospitals and potential Medicare cuts, more providers are attracted to short-term therapy services.
Bertlesmann buys Relias Learning
Oct 28, 2014
Bertelsmann, a media company based in Germany, said last week it is buying Relias Learning from its current owners, Vista Equity Partners and LLR Partners.
Opposition to Medicare cuts grows in Senate
Jul 29, 2008
Nearly half of the nation’s senators have voiced objections to proposed Medicare cuts of $770 million in fiscal year 2009, according to the American Health Care Association and the Alliance for Quality...
Stroke survivors double functional improvement rate with vagus nerve stimulation: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 27, 2021
Vagus nerve stimulation during post-stroke rehabilitation can significantly boost the improvement rate of arm and hand function, a new study finds.
Can’t touch this or just so gross
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 29, 2020
I am working on putting together a bunch of infection and prevention presentations and it got me thinking of all the stuff we touch in a day, as a nurse. It’s, well, remarkable.
Vetting COVID-19 vaccine in bariatric population is essential, investigator says
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 17, 2020
Judging from the performance of other vaccines, some experts are concerned that a COVID-19 inoculation will be less effective in people with obesity than for those with a lower body mass.