MARSI – Strategies to reduce Medical Adhesive Related Skin Injuries.
Nov 22, 2022
Medical adhesive skin-related injuries (MARSI) have become a greater threat since the onset of the pandemic. In fact, they remain a risk for virtually anyone using bandages or positioners today. Check...
Parker Health Group claims Gold for its use of BioVigil Hand Hygiene Solution
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Foster Stubbs
Nov 07, 2022
Parker Health Group’s improved hand hygiene became the target of an initiative that earned it Gold at the McKnight’s Tech Awards for Skilled Nursing in the Quality category.
Psychotropic stewardship can be the cure to stepped-up audits
Feb 27, 2023
CMS plans to increase psychotropic drugs oversight – to include targeted audits. These stepped up efforts follow the latest updates to the State Operations Manual surveyors started using...
On PREP Act, ‘still too early to tell’ whether providers will be immune
Jan 09, 2023
Nearly three years since it was triggered, it’s “still too early to tell” how well the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act will protect nursing homes and other healthcare...
Is LTC fighting a nursing quantity problem or a quality problem?
Nov 22, 2022
Solving the nursing home sector’s ongoing staffing crisis can’t be just about filling open positions, says Sally Cantwell, the top recruiter at PACS, a management and consultant group supporting more...
From expense to investment: Reframing the conversation about administrators-in-training
Nov 07, 2023
As some would-be administrators-in-training struggle to find placements, organizations looking to grow the next generation of long-term care leaders say it’s time for a reset. “We need to look at it...
Rein it in. Deputy Lanclos is on patrol at this Louisiana nursing home
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Foster Stubbs
Jan 18, 2023
Christopher Lanclos has faced his fair share of trials and tribulations from the day he was born. Now resident of Hammond Nursing Home, Lanclos wasn’t supposed to live past a few weeks after an accident...
The future of long-term care recruitment and retention: How experts can better attract and retain quality...
Mar 28, 2024
Even though wages and benefits have increased for the long-term care workforce, the sector still suffers from an ongoing shortage of skilled caregivers. Innovative solutions, however, have shown the potential...
Running for FUN and raising interest in LTC jobs one mile at a time
Mar 13, 2023
Times are tight in long-term care, and every penny counts. That’s why the Diakonos Group’s Todd Beesley went the distance last week. He recorded 62 miles in 48 hours to raise money for employees in...
Graduate student chooses to live among senior living and skilled nursing residents for a year
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Foster Stubbs
Oct 18, 2023
Moving from a college campus to a senior living campus is not a typical move for a 25-year-old but Beth Christensen is no typical 25-year-old. A classical and jazz pianist pursuing a Master of Music degree...