Long-term care residents get wet and wild for ‘bikini’ contest
By
Foster Stubbs
Aug 27, 2024
The end of summer is in sight and so is the unofficial end of swimsuit season. For one last hurrah, the residents at Bradley Creek Health Center decided to strut their stuff in a friendly swimsuit competition.
No quick fix, but quality concerns demand nursing home reform: experts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 19, 2024
Advocates for operators and consumers each need to think bigger — and see past their differences — to truly change how facilities and address quality concerns, a high-profile panel of experts on nursing...
New research challenges COVID-19 furlough policies in elder care
By
Donna Shryer
Aug 19, 2024
A recent study published in JAMA Network Open revealed that well-intentioned COVID-19 furlough policies in nursing homes may be doing more harm than good.
State makes 200,000 long-term care workers eligible for $1,000 bonuses
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 19, 2024
More than 200,000 long-term care workers in Minnesota may qualify for $1,000 bonuses as part of a statewide initiative to help address the state’s nursing shortage.
Study supports home telemedicine-based hospital care
By
Donna Shryer
Aug 24, 2024
A recent study published in PLOS ONE revealed promising outcomes for patients receiving home telemedicine-based hospital care. The research, conducted at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, compared traditional...
Daunted by reimbursement challenges, inpatient hospice plans to become skilled nursing facility
By
John Roszkowski
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 20, 2024
Due to financial pressures and changes in the long-term care industry, one healthcare provider is planning to close its hospice center — and turn it into a new skilled nursing facility.
LTC leaders promote creativity to help CCRCs evolve
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 23, 2024
Faced with one redefining challenge after another since 2020, skilled nursing and senior care providers nationwide have had to use all of their resources and tap creativity they may not have known they...
Study finds polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications common in LTC residents
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 21, 2024
Older adults who need long-term care are often on multiple medications, which may include potentially inappropriate ones, depending on the setting where they receive care, a new study finds.
Report: Older adults with delirium, dementia have worse recovery after hospital discharge to SNFs
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 22, 2024
A new study found that patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities for short-term recovery after hospitalization were more apt to have worse cognitive and functional recovery if they developed delirium...
Texas adds pressure with lawsuit against nursing home staffing mandate ‘power grab’
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 15, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday added his state’s name to the roster of groups suing the federal government over its new nursing home staffing mandate.