Veterans nursing home system explores overhaul, expanded services
By
Joe Bush
Oct 25, 2022
Mired in a 40-year-old system it no longer feels is effective, the Missouri Veterans Commission is pushing to evolve its nursing homes.
Worry over nursing standards increases, but hope emerges in new survey
By
Joe Bush
Oct 21, 2022
Concerns about staffing during COVID surges have dropped, but nurse leaders are becoming more worried about the ability to maintain standards of care, a new survey shows.
CMS memo puts workplace violence in surveyors’ crosshairs
By
Joe Bush
Nov 30, 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a new memo reminding state surveyors of the importance of oversight of facility safety and security in the face of workplace violence,
Healthcare worker safety gets new emphasis from federal agencies
By
Joe Bush
Dec 13, 2022
Two federal agencies re-emphasized their commitment to nursing home and other healthcare worker safety with actions in the past week, one of which included a request for permanent COVID standards.
Debate over agency rate cap divides nursing factions
By
Joe Bush
Oct 10, 2022
New debate over proposed staffing agency legislation in Kansas shows how the issue can pit nurse advocates and nursing home leaders against each other as they work to address staffing concerns.
New nursing home search tool has familiar faults, providers say
By
Joe Bush
Dec 22, 2022
A new search tool to help individuals find information when choosing a long-term care facility fails for the same reason as most of its predecessors, a top nursing home advocate said.
Provider advocates slam ‘unfair’ media take down of nursing home staffing compliance
By
Joe Bush
Dec 02, 2022
A major provider organization Thursday called out a newspaper’s national investigation into nursing home staffing as “unfair and mischaracterized.”
Heated COVID-19 nursing home hearing elicits appeals for employee investment, more immigrant workers
By
Joe Bush
Sep 22, 2022
Many problems that afflicted nursing homes before the pandemic were thrust into the spotlight because one-fifth of the nation’s pandemic-related deaths have been connected to nursing homes.
Why long-term care advocates are holding their breath over likely Congress power shift
By
Joe Bush
Oct 20, 2022
The effort to alter long-term care workforce policies is waiting, along with the rest of the country, on pins and needles for Nov. 8 election results.
Outlook for life plan communities’ skilled nursing units ‘deteriorating’, Fitch says
By
Joe Bush
Dec 07, 2022
Ongoing and future challenges could stall recovery of skilled nursing facilities operating as part of life plan communities, which also face broader threats in 2023.