Nursing home sued after employee posts nude photos of resident
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Feb 25, 2016
A lawsuit has been filed against a South Dakota nursing home where an employee posted nude photos of a resident on social media. This marks the first time a facility has been sued in such a case, in addition...
GAO: Feds lack planning, accountability for healthcare workforce
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Jan 12, 2016
Current workforce planning efforts conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services are too broad to adequately meet the nation’s healthcare needs, according to a new report from the U.S....
Republicans hammer away at HELP plan, introduce reform measure
Jun 18, 2009
Republicans have offered their own version of healthcare reform as they continue to criticize legislation from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP).
FDA: Serious drug problems rising; Webcast will offer LTC answers
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Haymarket Media
Sep 12, 2007
A free webcast scheduled to delve into medication management practices in the long-term care setting is taking on even greater importance in the wake of a new report on drug errors.
Retro pay not good enough, NLRB says
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 05, 2018
The National Labor Relations Board is hitting a nursing home operator for “unlawfully” suspending a merit-based raise program.
Center takes advantage of IT to showcase new innovations
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John O'Connor
Jun 01, 2011
There’s a new attraction in Washington: Kaiser Permanente just opened a Center for Total Health. Company officials said the complex will showcase healthcare innovation via state-of-the-art technology....
A place to look for help
Jan 03, 2012
Robert C. Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Optimus EMR Inc.
92-year-old vet donates $1M to help further nursing home care
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 29, 2018
A Washington state assisted living resident is making a sizable donation to one university in the hopes of furthering the field of nursing home care.
Video chats trim aggression for residents with dementia
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Amy Novotney
Jun 06, 2016
Video chatting with relatives over the internet may reduce the risk of nursing home residents with dementia becoming agitated or aggressive, according to research out of Monash University in Australia.
Supervisor let resident die, covered it up, state charges
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James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2014
A nursing home supervisor in New York allegedly failed to administer CPR or direct staff members to do so, criminally allowing a resident to die, the state attorney general’s office has charged.