Addressing at-home hazards may cut falls risk by a quarter, Cochrane Review finds
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 13, 2023
It takes more than a checklist of hazards to make a difference in reducing falls risk in seniors, the authors say.
Race, geographic disparities found in 30-day readmissions for people with dementia
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 13, 2023
Black and non-Hispanic white Medicare beneficiaries living with dementia have a higher burden of 30-day readmission rates than their peers without dementia, researchers report
Nursing home administrators spent 20 percent less time on-site in recent years, group claims
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 13, 2023
Accusations that nursing home administrators are spending 20% less time with residents and on-site miss the mark, said two people who closely observe top facility staff.
Medical errors without ‘blame and shame’ can improve frontline worker satisfaction: study
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 10, 2023
Shifting nursing home culture from “deny and defend” to “disclosure and apology” when medical mistakes are made can improve job satisfaction and help stem burnout among employees, according to...
The key to retention in long-term care? Create career paths
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Pat Mulloy
Mar 09, 2023
Career stall-out is a frustration that many individuals in senior living and care know deeply and painfully. It can be extremely difficult for people to advance in senior care without additional training...
This nursing home aims to reduce agency dependence by adding housing for local staff
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Kimberly Marselas
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 09, 2023
A proposed nursing home in a New England resort town will feature a fairly uncommon way to attract staff: 48 units of subsidized housing on a campus shared with dozens of local elders.
Older men at higher risk for falls-related skull fractures: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 09, 2023
Investigators said they were surprised by the results, which showed that males aged 65 and older with acute head injury had significantly more skull fractures than females, mostly linked to falls.
Lawmakers push to keep ‘ineffective’ new opioids from market
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 08, 2023
Congressional lawmakers have renewed efforts to give the Food and Drug Administration more power to deny drug applications for opioids that are not proven clinically superior to and lower risk than currently...
New nursing home inspection reporting creates questions for facilities
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Christine Burke Worthen
Lily Shannon
Mar 06, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implemented a new policy on Jan. 25, 2023, which requires the nursing home industry to publicly post “disputed facility inspection results” on a government...
Reach of AI, other tech will help SNFs reach seniors looking to avoid nursing homes: expert
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James M. Berklan
Mar 03, 2023
The future will bring an ongoing tug away from skilled nursing, led by rising tech in senior living and home care, an expert warned Thursday.