Aspen Park of Cascadia, a 70-bed nursing home nestled in a bustling university town in Western Idaho, has picked up a rare Gold in the 2023 American Health Care Association Quality awards program.
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...
Reliant Rehab: Impact of the therapy assistant cut
Jan 28, 2022
Therapy Assistant Cut: Are SNF providers unknowingly paying for it?
An LTC hero rises above a deadly natural disaster
May 11, 2022
Cassie Morris, the assistant director of nursing at Mayfield Health and Rehab, the top manager on site at the time, presciently led a practice drill just hours before a major twister hit. That and other...
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...
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...
Distinguishing pseudobulbar affect from depression: Clinical challenges and opportunities for long-term...
May 15, 2024
This article is sponsored by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. In long-term care environments, it’s not uncommon for site staff including nurses, administrators, physical therapists, physicians and...
