New study underscores link between loneliness, death … Increased antibiotic use linked to severe COVID-19 … Demand for healthcare staff still outpacing number of available workers … Short-term resident...
Iowa’s making legislative remedies but nursing homes keep closing
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 10, 2023
Iowa has increased its Medicaid rate, put millions of dollars into workforce development, approved tort reform, and enacted a moratorium on new nursing home licenses, but the state continues to lose nursing...
Also in the News for Monday, July 10
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Debate begins on $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers … Wings remain unopened in new Florida veterans home amid staffing shortage … Nighttime fire kills six nursing home residents in Italy
Lawyers, guns and money (minus the guns)
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2023
By all indications, it is going to be very good year in long-term care. At least, for lawy firms serving the sector.
July/August state news
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2023
Texas skilled nursing providers in May got their first increase in the Medicaid base rate in 10 years, along with supplemental funding to help providers stay afloat until that new rate kicks in this September.
Too good to be true for long? Providers worry historic Medicaid increases will be one-and-done
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2023
As Medicaid rate negotiations continue, especially in states whose legislatures develop two-year budgets, worries are already arising about how willing state lawmakers will be to sustain increases.
How to do it: Resident security innovations
By
John Hall
Jul 07, 2023
Resident security is a technology category as wide as it is long. Our experts take a look at some of the cool gadgets out there, as well as potential caveats in the field.
Companies dedicated to skin care have a long track record of innovating, but few things have ignited a greater sense of urgency than the staffing shortages plaguing so many long-term care providers.
On a mission to serve: Buckeye Care’s Brian Dutiel
By
John Roszkowski
Jul 07, 2023
As administrator of Buckeye Care and Rehabilitation in Lancaster, OH, and pastor of a local church, Brian Dutiel is always willing to lend a helping hand to other people.
Union hails new staffing ratios that will cost $200 million over 2 years
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 05, 2023
New staffing ratios for Pennsylvania’s nursing homes that went into effect Saturday will combat unsafe working conditions and improve residents’ quality of care, union representatives claim.