Mind your p’s and q’s: good manners in the nursing home
Aug 01, 2010
Of all the considerations in running a successful senior care community, generational differences between our team members and older residents rarely get the attention they deserve.
Profile: Mastering by example
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 01, 2014
Everything Mary Leary needed to know about tenacity and resilience, she learned at home. Her father lived a full life despite injuries from World War II that left him fully disabled and forced him to relearn...
How to do it… Resident security
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Haymarket Media
Jan 09, 2007
Long-term care providers need to know at least a little bit about a lot of things. When the human element is involved, that’s when things start to get especially tricky. If those humans are wander-...
How to do it… Build census
Apr 18, 2005
Building census is surely one of the most important responsibilities of every administrator. The battle for profitability begins and ends with occupancy. It drives the revenue. Serious and chronic census...
All-Korean SNF wing a trendy success
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Nov 29, 2017
Officials at Lorien Columbia, a skilled nursing facility 20 miles outside of Baltimore, admit the idea of opening up a wing dedicated to Korean residents was “scary” at first.
Practice sessions can pay off during surveys, expert claims
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 01, 2013
Directors of nursing need to lead their employees through survey practice sessions in order to achieve peak success, a long-term care expert said at the annual National Association of Directors of Nursing...
Nursing homes hope staffing bill opens door for more use of specialists
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 13, 2019
Proposed legislation in Florida would drop the amount of certified nurse aide care that providers must supply, giving them flexibility to deploy other professionals — a change that has two nursing home...
Harvard study: Medicare’s bundled payment effort for joints tallies modest savings, driven by drops...
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 04, 2019
Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model has scored small savings for hospitals and their patients through decreasing the use of skilled nursing facility services, a new report finds.
Ask the payment expert: What is the impact of Section I of the new MDS 3.0?
Medicare coverage of ‘maintenance therapy’ determined by need for skilled care, CMS clarifies...
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 16, 2013
Providers must sufficiently document the need for skilled care in order to obtain Medicare coverage for so-called “maintenance therapy,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services stressed...