Doesn’t the lifting of nurse aide training waivers put facilities back to square one in their efforts to overcome serious staffing issues?
Laundry expert: Universal care worker now the norm
By
John Hall
Mar 06, 2023
With laundry departments hit hard by staffing challenges, more facilities are relying on universal care workers.
Cautiously optimistic, bankers open for business with SNFs
By
John Hall
Mar 01, 2022
Lenders taking positive long view with skilled nursing, even though ‘the sector as a whole simply does not have enough labor right now’
New PointClickCare upgrades target cross-continuum care
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 07, 2023
The fall conference season is often used by vendors to highlight recent upgrades that make platforms and technology tools in general more supportive across the care continuum.
Interoperability key in earning post-acute referrals: study
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 09, 2023
Every US hospital and physician entity says it is important for skilled nursing facilities to have a basic level of interoperability, such as electronic health records, to earn their referrals, according...
UKG, ADP top provider-used timekeeping, payroll services
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 01, 2022
Approximately one-third of long-term care operators responding to a recent survey indicated they outsource their timekeeping and payroll services, whereas 67% of providers still do not, according to specialty...
Pharmacists fill care gaps as COVID strategies develop
By
John Hall
Oct 06, 2022
The year 2022 has been a challenging and, at times, breakthrough year for drugs in long-term care. Unfortunately, many of the people who managed and dispensed them in nursing homes were absent. “Staffing...
Coronavirus highlights dedicated workforce
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2020
Perhaps providers haven’t let down their guard enough, but as of this writing, there hasn’t been panic whenever I’ve talked to them about coronavirus implications. Sure, there’s concern, but more...
How to do it… Financing survival
By
John Hall
Apr 12, 2024
Operators have had a rough couple of years navigating through a pandemic and the costly staffing and workforce challenges that have followed. There are plenty of reasons for financial instability. There...
How to do it … Address the effect of worker shortages on rehab
By
John Hall
Oct 10, 2023
Workforce shortages inside nursing homes today are inspiring therapists to also forge stronger ties with their nursing colleagues. It’s an effort to do more with less, while also strengthening and improving...