ACHCA names long-term care vet McGinley president and CEO
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Nov 09, 2017
The American College of Health Care Administrators announced Wednesday that it has named Bill McGinley, CNHA, CALA, CAS, FACHCA, as its new president and CEO.
Employee injury rates up in state-run skilled nursing facilities
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Nov 09, 2017
Nursing facilities ranked as the most injury- and illness-prone state-run workplace in 2016, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
I know QA, but what Is QAPI?
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Teresa Remy
Nov 08, 2017
Nobody likes change. If we all had a dollar every time we heard someone in our workplace say “but this is the way we’ve always done it” we’d all be independently wealthy.
Is your emergency communications plan ready?
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Ann Pickren and Jim Satterfield
Nov 08, 2017
As McKnight’s coverage of comments by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services principal deputy administrator for operations at a recent hearing indicated, “several of the failings”...
How to do it … Upward mobility plans
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John Hall
Nov 06, 2017
Upward mobility is a common interest among professionals, particularly in long-term care. How to achieve it, and market oneself properly for it, are important considerations that need a deft touch. Experts...
Worth the risk
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 06, 2017
Owners and operators of long-term care facilities can entice increasingly discerning financial partners into niche projects — if they go about it the right way
Ask the Care Expert about … fluids for UTIs
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Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 06, 2017
Some of my nurses believe that one way to assist with some UTI treatments is to increase fluids. What is your thought on increasing them?
Feed the patient and starve the wound
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John Hall
Nov 06, 2017
There’s new thinking around the role that good nutrition plays in healing ulcers
Not the usual small talk
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John O'Connor
Nov 06, 2017
Sabra Health Care REIT chairman and CEO Rick Matros recently tweaked more than a few noses when he made some rather disparaging remarks about the benefits of investing in large skilled-care companies....
New LeadingAge board chair declares it’s time to play ball
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James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2017
Several thousand LeadingAge members got their first look at new board chairman Steve Fleming on Monday, and if initial meetings are any indication, it’s going to be a wonderful relationship.