Human Understanding Metric: Enhancing patient-centered care in skilled nursing facilities
By
Renee Kinder
May 23, 2024
I took my seat for a daylong meeting on Tuesday this week, a little tired, up since 4:30 a.m. But with coffee in hand, I was ready to learn. I was surrounded by a variety of interdisciplinary team...
Also in the News for Thursday, May 9, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2024
Rhode Island lawmakers vote to OK in-room cameras for nursing home residents … Senate bill aims to educate healthcare workers on options to guardianship … NYC Health + Hospitals adds donor-funded wellness...
Distinguishing pseudobulbar affect from depression: Clinical challenges and opportunities for long-term...
May 15, 2024
This article is sponsored by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. In long-term care environments, it’s not uncommon for site staff including nurses, administrators, physical therapists, physicians and...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 1, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2024
Senior living performance surpasses expectations, Welltower CEO says … State tax funding long-term care could be gutted in November vote … Nursing home staffing, management strengths tied to delirium...
Report endorses adding more nursing home residents in clinical trials, shares framework to do so
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 18, 2024
A commentary published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society on March 14 talks about the need for clinical trials among people living in nursing homes.
NIH to invest an additional $515M for long COVID research
By
John Roszkowski
Feb 16, 2024
The National Institutes of Health has announced plans to provide an additional $515 million in funding over the next four years for the research and treatment of long COVID.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, April 17
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 17, 2024
Leqembi slow to catch on, but spending may surge … Older adults in NYC missed out on COVID-19 vaccines early on due to misallocation of resources … Intergenerational program explores attitudes on...
Nurse assessment coordinators should actively manage physician certification process to avoid penalties:...
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 27, 2024
Nurse assessment coordinators are a vital part of ensuring a compliant physician certification process, even when they aren’t directly involved in the minutiae of that process.
Congress advisers back permanent telehealth expansions, look to nix in-person rule for behavioral telehealth...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Maintaining Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services, especially for behavioral health, must remain an initial priority over payment reform or quality measurement, members of a congressional...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2024
Flexibility second only to higher pay as top desire in new healthcare burnout report … NIH to invest an additional $515M for long COVID research … About half of healthcare workers witnessed racism,...