High school students, facility reap benefits of vocational training program at SNF
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Oct 18, 2017
It’s not often that school buses drop off high school students at a nursing home, or that skilled nursing residents get to watch YouTube videos with young people while sharing stories from their...
McKnight’s Flash Survey: Providers’ biggest struggles: missing workers, lack of PPE
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James M. Berklan
May 01, 2020
An expanding coronavirus pandemic continued to devastate the long-term care sector on numerous fronts throughout the end of March and April, even before stories of massive numbers of deaths in facilities...
Dangerous profession: nursing home assistants report three times the injuries of other workers
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2018
Certified nursing assistants have one of the highest reported rates of injury across the country and in Ohio, according to a review of injury data and first-person stories reported this week by The (Cleveland)...
Government is lax in issuing serious citations for antipsychotic overuse, NPR claims
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Tim Mullaney
Dec 10, 2014
Only 2% of nursing home deficiencies for inappropriate medication lead to a fine or harsher penalty, suggesting that the government is not doing enough to reduce antipsychotic drugs, NPR reporters argued...
Twenty-five years in the making
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John O'Connor
Dec 17, 2005
For the past quarter century, we have been keeping readers informed about the events shaping and changing the long-term care field. Here’s an intriguing year-by-year look at some of the major figures...
These 3 won’t happen
By
John O'Connor
Feb 08, 2018
There’s nothing quite like a new calendar to get media types acting like story forecasters. What might be more helpful is a brief list of things that won’t be taking place.
Editors’ Blog: The dilemma of the short-stay resident
Aug 12, 2008
The Wall Street Journal’s story about long-term care resident evictions begs an important question: Nursing homes are benefiting from serving short-stay residents–but at whose expense?
New certification for pulse oximeter
Jan 11, 2011
Nonin Medical’s Onyx II 9560 pulse oximeter has received Microsoft HealthVault certification, the firm announced. This designation means users’ vital signs can be uploaded, stored, and shared...
‘Pretty amazing’ story in 2021 nursing home salaries, as pandemic accelerates pay gains
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2021
In labor-challenged market, salary experts say there are few bargains to be had.
Progress, success stories on tap for national conference call on dementia care in nursing homes
Jul 03, 2013
Providers and other stakeholders are invited to a national conference call on improving dementia care by lessening the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes. The call begins at 12:30 p.m. Eastern...