CDC breaks down beliefs, attitudes related to flu vaccination among LTC workers
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 25, 2013
Long-term care workers are more likely to be vaccinated for the flu if they believe it protects the health of people around them, according to survey data released by the Centers for Disease Control and...
Alzheimer’s care is split evenly between homes and facilities, survey finds
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 12, 2014
About half of people with Alzheimer’s reside at a facility and half are being cared for at home, suggest newly released survey results.
Nursing homes will be subject to escrow for all civil monetary penalties, CMS announces
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 05, 2013
Nursing homes facing a civil monetary penalty due to any type of deficiency will be subject to escrow and entitled to request an independent informal dispute resolution process, according to a newly issued...
A long-term care facility slapped with a civil monetary penalty has a chance for an independent informal dispute resolution, according to new manual guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Nursing degree programs turned away more than 50,000 qualified applicants in 2013, survey finds
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Tim Mullaney
Jan 28, 2014
The nation’s nursing degree programs are struggling to educate the future workforce even as demand for nurses is set to surge, according to the latest annual survey data from the American Association...
Nursing home culture change is linked to a decrease in survey deficiencies, research shows
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Tim Mullaney
Feb 13, 2014
Nursing homes that initiated culture change between 2004 and 2009 saw a noteworthy decrease in health-related survey deficiency citations, according to recently published research. The investigators describe...
Nonprofit senior living margins increased by 50%, survey finds
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 17, 2014
Average operating margins increased dramatically in the last year for nonprofit senior living companies, according to a recent survey of C-suite executives.
Mobile devices help reduce medication errors in nursing homes, doctors say
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 10, 2013
Using mobile devices as part of medication management reduces the number of adverse drug events in nursing homes, according to a survey of physicians.
States can designate more nursing homes in urgent need of quality improvement, government says
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 22, 2014
The federal government is reactivating the special focus facility program for nursing homes with quality issues, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced. The program was minimized due...
Penalty process explained
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Tim Mullaney
May 01, 2014
A long-term care facility that has been slapped with a civil monetary penalty has 10 days to file for an independent informal dispute resolution process, according to a recent manual update from the Centers...