Providers gain needed allies against automatic nurse-aide training lockouts
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 15, 2022
Wednesday was a good day for nursing home operators and others opposed to nurse-aide training lockouts triggered automatically by high federal fines.
Hypoglycemia frequent in LTCF residents with diabetes, large study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 14, 2023
A 35% rate of level 1 hypoglycemia in long-term care facility residents with type 2 diabetes leaves room for better clinical management, researchers say.
Making visitor management work for you
By
John Lefkowits
Dec 15, 2022
Entry management systems have become commonplace in every type of secure facility — nursing homes, hospitals, government buildings and doctor’s offices, just to name a few. Sometimes, the process...
An unwelcome warning
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 27, 2023
While plodding a narrow, precipitous path high on the flank of Mt. Rainier this week, I saw a father and his young daughter approaching on the trail. She was an adorable child of maybe 4 or 5, all decked...
Regulator insists brutal honesty from providers can turn the tide on Medicaid
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 18, 2022
DENVER — Despite perceptions of state officials being unapproachable or reluctant to help long-term care providers, the right provider stories can influence policies and help shift funding in the right...
Polypharmacy stands at the core of customized care
By
Tom Katofiasc
Oct 13, 2022
With an aging population comes the unfortunate increase in hospital visits, often resulting in an increase in medication needs. When long-term care residents return to their facilities after a hospital...
Provider sues agency for routine overbilling, unscrupulous practices that led to $5M bill
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2024
A multi-facility skilled nursing operator has filed a lawsuit against the staffing platform Nursa, alleging the app-based agency routinely overbilled for staff that failed to show up for shifts and refused...
Nonprofit aims to train 3,500 CNAs in 2024, become national workforce model
By
Josh Henreckson
May 01, 2024
As long-term care providers confront a shrinking workforce, a new federal staffing mandate and a rapidly aging population, one nonprofit workforce development organization has set its sights on becoming...
A burnt orange car becomes a teacher
By
Martie Moore
Nov 18, 2022
Slowly I walked around it, turned and walked away. Walking down the aisle, I kept looking back over my shoulder. I stood looking at the model of a car that I had rented a hundred times, and the one that...
Hate can’t have a home here
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 22, 2022
In this moment, nursing homes and the entire senior care continuum owe it to all of their residents to say: Hate has no home here, but you do.