Deaths underscore need for staffing, training to manage resident aggression
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 03, 2023
The recent deaths of two nursing home residents who died after attacks by fellow residents in separate incidents has amplified providers’ focus on operating as safely as possible with often unpredictable...
‘Critical access’ not at critical mass, but skilled nursing providers push on
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2023
Support for the concept of critical access nursing homes is growing among providers, but it has yet to gain much traction among industry leaders or the politicians who would need to create such a safety...
Skilled nursing angst, grit emerge after PHE end date announced
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2023
Nursing home leaders were scrambling to understand the full implications of the newly announced end to the public health emergency while also making plans to fight the return of some less flexible conditions.
6 Iowa long-term care facilities put into receivership, transfers in motion
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 01, 2023
Nursing home operators and advocates across the country are desperately asking for legislative and regulatory relief, but any help that may come will be too late for six long-term care facilities that...
New Jersey high schoolers send love to nursing home residents with letters
By
Foster Stubbs
Jan 31, 2023
Writing a letter has become a lost art in the digital age. It’s much easier to frantically tap away on a keyboard than it is to put pen to paper. At least that’s probably what many high schoolers would...
Senators call on CMS to end push for mandatory staffing in nursing homes
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 24, 2023
A bipartisan group of US senators representing rural states is calling on the Biden administration to halt its plan to mandate staffing levels in nursing homes, saying it’s the wrong step to take as...
Staffing agency use of ‘contractors’ opens nursing home clients to new risks
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 20, 2023
Staffing agencies that pay temporary nurses as contractors, issuing them 1099s instead of W-2 wage statements, may be putting the nursing homes who use them at increased legal risk.
‘Unfair’ posting of disputed citations will tarnish operators: experts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2023
The decision to post disputed nursing home citations on a government website for consumers riled providers and legal experts Wednesday.
1,000 nursing home workers in Michigan threaten strike over wages, benefits, staffing levels
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 19, 2023
More than 1,000 nursing home workers from 13 facilities in Michigan could go on strike if agreements aren’t reached soon with their five parent companies on higher wages, affordable healthcare and staffing...
Rein it in. Deputy Lanclos is on patrol at this Louisiana nursing home
By
Foster Stubbs
Jan 18, 2023
Christopher Lanclos has faced his fair share of trials and tribulations from the day he was born. Now resident of Hammond Nursing Home, Lanclos wasn’t supposed to live past a few weeks after an accident...