Chronic pain after stroke may alter body perceptions, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 21, 2022
Stroke survivors with chronic pain may perceive that their stroke-affected hand is a different size, giving therapists a new target for rehabilitation, researchers say.
The hidden resident is not hiding
By
Charles de Vilmorin
May 30, 2023
The hidden resident is not hiding — she is waiting to be engaged! Are you meaningfully engaging every resident in your community? Too often the answer is I don’t know. Most long-term...
Meet April Payne, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Aug 02, 2023
Learn more about April Payne, Chief Quality and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Virginia Health Care Association/Virginia Center for Assisted Living, and Executive Director, VCAL, Richmond, VA.
With surveys down to 4% of facilities in parts of New York, AARP report calls for quadrupling state ombudsman...
By
Joe Bush
Nov 14, 2022
Nursing home operators in New York are facing a new wave of public scrutiny after an AARP report noted that 96% of New York City nursing homes and adult care facilities received no visits from the state’s...
Meet Jill Sorenson, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Jul 13, 2023
Learn more about Jill Sorenson, Senior Vice President/Senior Director of Operations, LCS, Des Moines, IA.
OIG urges CMS to evaluate home health use of telehealth
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 21, 2022
The Office of Inspector General has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate how the use of telehealth affected the quality of home healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
White House applies fresh squeeze on SNFs
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2023
For the second time, President Joe Biden announced during a State of the Union that his administration would be tightening its grip on nursing homes.
“We’re protecting seniors’ life savings by cracking...
Vigorous exercise may guard against death from Alzheimer’s disease
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 18, 2023
Engaging in vigorous activity compared to moderate exercise may lower the rate of dying from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. The study was published in the December issue of The Lancet...
More than half of nursing home workers caught in ‘vicious cycle’ of workplace violence, burnout
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 11, 2024
Nearly one out of every two nurses experienced workplace violence last year, according to a healthcare workforce survey recently released by Vivian Health. That number is even higher — fully 55% —...
Working sick, at night rachets up staff distress
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 09, 2023
Workers without paid sick leave (3.9%) were more likely to experience serious psychological distress than those with paid sick leave, the CDC found.