Empty beds, untenable staffing needs push the nation’s rural nursing homes closer to the brink
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 08, 2024
Like many of its skilled nursing neighbors in the Cornhusker State, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role with special small-town flourishes and succumbing...
Redefining the role of agency staff in nursing homes: Unveiling new realities
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Steven Littlehale
Jan 05, 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of nursing home care, the use of agency staff has long been a topic of scrutiny, historically linked to concerns about inferior outcomes. However, as we navigate the aftermath...
Mobile app bridges racial-based communication gaps among ICU families, docs
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Kristen Fischer
Jan 05, 2024
A mobile app targeting intensive care unit (ICU) physicians and family members with loved ones who need palliative care worked well to bridge the communication issues that exist based on race.
Outlook 2024: On staffing, operators say they’ll ‘find a way’ but agency boom, admission restrictions...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2024
More than half — 55% — of skilled nursing leaders say they would need to hire more agency staff if a proposed federal staffing mandate is enacted. That’s just one finding from the McKnight’s 2024...
Judge slashes punitive damages, throws out verdicts against two nursing home defendants in $19M case
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2024
Two corporate defendants in a nursing home negligence case that netted plaintiffs a $19 million verdict have been found not liable following post-ruling motions, while a judge reduced punitive damages...
Nursing home struggles expected to worsen hospital backlogs
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Josh Henreckson
Jan 04, 2024
Nursing homes’ familiar struggles with insufficient staffing and insurance reimbursements are contributing to growing backlogs of patients awaiting throughput from hospitals to post-acute care across...
State to reward providers for reducing agency nurse use
By
Kimberly Marselas
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
Skilled nursing providers have been working hard to reduce agency dependency in the wake of the pandemic and rising labor costs.
Study: Hearing aid use linked to 24 percent lower risk of death
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Kristen Fischer
Jan 04, 2024
A new report links wearing hearing aids to a lower risk for dying. The study, published Wednesday in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, found that adults who regularly wore their hearing aids had a 24% lower...
‘Bleak’ outlook: Unknowns and impossibilities shrink provider optimism for 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 02, 2024
After rebounding from the pandemic’s darkest days, many skilled nursing administrators and nurse leaders are again feeling less-than-excited about the sector’s future heading into 2024.
NLRB’s new joint-employer standard: How it impacts long-term care facilities
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Neville M. Bilimoria
Jennifer Long
Dec 21, 2023
Does your long-term care facility exercise either direct or indirect control of the work conditions for all the outside caregivers and other workers who are on your campus regularly? This will be the important...