Providers must change treatment of healthcare workers to survive COVID-19 storm, avert ‘implosion’
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2022
The likelihood that long-term care and other providers survive severe staffing shortages and COVID-19 crisis will depend on their ability to change how healthcare workers are treated so they can continue...
New employment rules offer nursing homes short-term fixes
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 25, 2022
Rules about who can work in nursing homes under what circumstances are changing across the country as providers continue to grapple with unprecedented staffing challenges.
Hospital discharge pressures build as nursing homes clamor for help
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 25, 2022
Increased COVID-19 case counts at nursing homes nationwide have prevented hospitals from discharging patients into skilled nursing facilities due to a lack of beds.
In the FOG of CHAOS, some PRACTICAL things to do …
By
Martie Moore
Jan 14, 2022
How do you lead in the heavy fog of chaos? With the same skills and abilities you do when you are lost in the woods.
BREAKING: CMS vaccine mandate upheld
By
Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Jan 13, 2022
A vaccine requirement for staff at all U.S. nursing homes and other federally funded healthcare facilities can proceed, the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 decision Thursday afternoon.
Researchers call for family caregivers to be better incorporated into nursing home workforces
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 06, 2022
Providers, patients and policymakers should better incorporate informal caregivers into skilled nursing facilities to enhance professional caregivers’ capabilities and efficiencies, according to University...
Some believe Pfizer’s COVID pill can help address labor issues
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 06, 2022
Pfizer’s newly approved antiviral COVID-19 pill Paxlovid for treating the disease could be just what nursing homes need to address staffing shortages exacerbated by the public health crisis, according...
BREAKING: Supreme Court speeds vax mandates to Jan. 7 hearing
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 22, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court took the unusual step of announcing Wednesday night that it would hear arguments over the administration’s COVID-19 worker vaccine mandate on Jan. 7, three days before it was originally...
Residents without family contact were more likely to die during early pandemic: study
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 21, 2021
Nursing home residents who had no contact with family or friends during the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to die than counterparts who had regular contact with loved ones, according to a new study...
Uncertainty over realistic nursing home census indicative of ‘ongoing economic crisis’
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 16, 2021
The nursing home sector may be far ahead of where it was at this time last year as far as operational freedoms and safety go, but the continuing instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is perhaps no...