Nevada suspends use of point-of-care rapid testing devices at nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 09, 2020
Long-term care providers in Nevada are being advised to continue using point-of-care rapid testing devices provided by the federal government — despite a state order that nursing facilities immediately...
Consultant pharmacists join call for delay in short-cycle dispensing for long-term care
Mar 21, 2011
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists recently joined a growing list of pharmacist- and healthcare-organizations that oppose a shorter prescription drug dispensing cycle for long-term care facilities.
60 seconds with … Linda Hermer, Ph.D.
Oct 01, 2014
Q: What will you focus on now that you’ve joined the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research?
New rankings might wrongly show downturn, leaders fear
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2015
Despite progress reducing off-label use of antipsychotics among nursing home residents, providers remained worried about a rebasing of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services system to rank nursing...
LeadingAge releases booster shot toolkit for senior living, home care settings
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
The kit provides links to sources of support for on-site booster clinic set-up and guidance for administrators who must encourage off-site vaccine access.
Government report: 1 in 5 Medicare patients suffers an adverse event while receiving post-acute SNF care
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 04, 2014
About 22% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced an adverse event during a post-hospitalization skilled nursing facility stay in fiscal year 2011, and the majority of these events were preventable, according...
COVID test turnaround time tops 2 days for a third of nursing homes, data show
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 13, 2020
Among 13,000 facilities that provided their testing speed to the government, only 17% reported an average turnaround time of less than a day; and fully 29% waited three days or more on average for residents’...
Vaccine successes: LTC advocates share effective tools to increase inoculation confidence among staff
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 20, 2021
Vaccine educational activities have been a key strategy used by providers in order to ensure widespread uptake among their staff members, according to the nation’s top nursing home groups.
‘Confounded’ providers urge mandated COVID-19 testing for hospital workers, surveyors
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
Healthcare stakeholders who regularly come into contact with skilled nursing residents should be subject to COVID-19 testing mandates similar to those for nursing home employees, a prominent long-term...
Providers want more details after administration calls for universal testing at nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
May 15, 2020
Providers are eager to learn how universal testing will be implemented, just days after Vice President Mike Pence called on states to test all residents and staff members for COVID-19 over the next two...