Nursing homes with highly educated, certified directors of nursing have better outcomes on some key quality measures, according to recent findings.
LTC workers are reporting crisis-level burdens. Could this on-the-job stress management program make...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 02, 2021
Long-term care providers reported stress approaching severe levels even as the pandemic’s death march waned, according to early analysis of a survey that included nearly 1,200 healthcare and senior care...
Seniors benefit from taking fewer meds
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 04, 2015
Two new studies published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggest doctors should focus on working with some at-risk patients to cut back on medications that treat diabetes and blood pressure.
CMS, nursing homes reassure on quality amid ‘poor performance’ hubbub
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2019
Nursing homes’ top regulatory body announced Wednesday that it will soon begin posting the identities of all candidates for the Special Focus Facility initiative on a consumer-facing website. The Centers...
Male RNs out-earning female colleagues
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2015
Female nurses may outnumber male nurses 10 to 1, but men in the profession still make more per capita, according to a report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in March.
Holleran research firm adds business analytics, community metrics
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 03, 2020
Holleran, the nation’s premier research firm focusing on older adults and aging, has expanded its suite of services to include business intelligence and analytics, data visualization and advanced community...
Record salaries for top-level positions
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2012
Incremental raises earned by many long-term care workers are being eroded by increases in their own healthcare costs and shrinking bonuses, according to the nation’s largest annual survey of nursing...
McKnight’s 2022 Outlook Survey: Providers pessimistic about staffing, census, new regs
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2022
More than three-fourths (78%) of nursing home operators and top managers don’t expect the workforce to return to pre-pandemic levels for at least another year — if ever.
‘Reverse the narrative’ on bad staff to improve nursing home accountability
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2021
Healthcare leaders and policymakers must “reverse the narrative” around incompetent or neglectful nursing home staff and work collaboratively to ensure care teams meet regulatory requirements, according...
McKnight’s 2022 Outlook Survey: Providers pessimistic about staffing, census, new regs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 01, 2022
More than three-fourths (78%) of nursing home operators and top managers don’t expect the workforce to return to pre-pandemic levels for at least another year — if ever.