The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking skilled nursing facilities and other providers to help develop better quality measures — and the agency is earmarking $30 million to sweeten the...
California nursing home compare website needs to go, advocates say
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 07, 2018
A new website in the state of California is supposed to make it easier for residents to compare nursing homes. But industry advocates say it’s doing more harm than good and should be taken down immediately,...
Critics claim Iowa ombudsman is virtually dormant
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 06, 2018
The state of Iowa’s watchdog for the elderly is coming under fire for allegedly failing to carry out her duties or make plans to do so, an extensive report in the Des Moines Register claimed Monday.
Minnesota LTC pros apologize to public after abuse claims
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 02, 2018
Long-term care professionals in Minnesota are apologizing to the public this week, following abuse allegations against them in the Gopher State.
LeadingAge fires back at Senators wanting tougher nursing home enforcement
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 02, 2018
Two weeks after a dozen Senators expressed “deep concern” about the impact of delaying and reducing financial penalties against nursing homes, one of the profession’s leading groups is...
Salaries trend upward for multi-site LTC executives
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 26, 2018
Chief executives of multi-site long-term care organizations earned 4.98% more in base compensation in 2017 than the previous year, according to a new survey commissioned by LeadingAge.
Researchers show how hand-washing protocols help decrease nursing home deaths, antibiotic use
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 15, 2018
Nursing homes have long been a bastion of infections, experts note. But a new study finds that — by harnessing hand hygiene methods already popular in hospitals — such a notion could become a thing...