Life safety alert: Common hazardous condition emerging in SNFs
By
Stan Szpytek
Jan 24, 2022
Closed doors are a critical element of life safety in skilled nursing facilities. Learn why they also matter for compliance.
Analysis: Admin pay up 3.19%, as DONs gain 2.34%
By
Liza Berger
Nov 02, 2018
A red-hot economy. More competition from the acute-care sector. Higher resident acuity. All of these factors, along with a leveling-off of salaries for leadership positions, have contributed to a situation...
Telehealth in SNFs – A proposal for MA plans
By
Richard Cheng
Jan 21, 2019
ponents of the new Medicare Advantage proposed rule are likely optimistic for the future of telehelth in SNFs, but expanding the scope of telehealth in SNFs will continue to be an on-going endeavor.
6 tips for strengthening emergency plans
By
Harsha Anapur
Jan 26, 2015
With another massive New York snowstorm on its way, and as we prepare for unstable weather across the country, long-term care facilities and senior living communities need to ask themselves: What can we...
Short cycle dispense: A case study in implementation
By
Jonathan Shaatal, R.PH., MS, and Carol Sirianni, R.PH.,
Aug 02, 2012
A new rule from CMS promises to have a tremendous impact on how long-term care pharmacy (LTCP) providers serving skilled nursing facilities will operate their businesses and serve facility residents. A...
How consolidation and change challenge LTC
By
Shawn McLaughlin
Glenn Day
Feb 21, 2019
As we wrap up February, it’s clear consolidation and the underlying change it portends are continuing to exert a huge influence on every aspect of the healthcare field. For the long-term care and...
Reducing COVID-19’s spread in long-term care facilities: The basics
By
Amie Clark
Jun 03, 2020
As we all know by now, long-term care (LTC) facilities present an ideal setting for the spread of the novel coronavirus and the ensuing high levels of fatality. The senior residents in LTC facilities are...
Butler County should take the addicts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 24, 2014
It’s not a secret most county nursing homes are hemorrhaging money. That’s why I was intrigued by a Butler County (OH) proposal to allow heroin addicts to stay short-term in the county-owned...
Eat your vegetables
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 28, 2021
I’m all about simplistic solutions to impossible difficulties. Faced with huge challenges like staffing, staffing and staffing, long-term care operators, administrators and clinical leaders are feeling...
Nursing homes’ reactions to rising vacancy rates
By
Ben Mandelbaum
Feb 26, 2016
Many nursing homes are making an effort to stand out in their ability to offer more focused and individualized care for each resident, provide upgraded rooms, shift to private rooms and improve their dining...