Brookline Transportation launches senior living division
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 13, 2020
Brookline Transportation — a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, lab, medical, science and residential moves — recently added a senior living division to its residential and commercial...
Disgruntled family member arrested after confronting nursing home employee, threatening to bring gun...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 08, 2018
Police have arrested a Connecticut man for confronting a nursing home employee off the grounds and threatening to bring a gun to the facility.
Are nursing homes headed for an 80% direct-spend rule?
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 11, 2023
A national union on Friday skewed comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to imply federal regulators had proposed an 80% direct care spending requirement for the nursing home...
Bill would eliminate predatory staffing agency fees
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2023
Lawmakers in Colorado are poised to prohibit agency collection of fees charged to operators who hire agency nurses full-time.
More home care needed for heart patients, study finds
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 04, 2019
Heart patients are less likely to return to a hospital after a skilled nursing discharge if they are prescribed home care, a new study has found.
State doubles support for Medicaid-dependent nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2019
After struggling with shortfalls for years, Pennsylvania’s nursing home operators are cheering a state budget that will double funds available to facilities with the highest Medicaid census. The spending...
Atmosphere-monitoring system detects incontinence events
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 22, 2020
Sensor Technologies’ new remote-sensing product, WREN, continuously monitors the atmospheric conditions of a room to detect incontinence events. Short for Watch, Respond, Evaluate and Notify, WREN continually...
Study: Monitors lead to better turning practices
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2019
Visual monitors that cued staff to reposition nursing home residents every two hours led to more frequent turning in a study of a 120-bed nursing home.
Worker data under threat: Another concern for providers desperate for staff
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 07, 2021
Legal experts insist the threat to healthcare providers relying more than ever on vendors for temporary help is very real.
Curve Health capitalizes on new interest in telehealth
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2020
Six million dollars in seed funding will allow Curve Health to expand its platform, combining long-term care telemedicine, smart billing, health information exchange and predictive analytics, and attract...