Palace Group, Sinai Residences named 2023 Best Workplaces in Aging Services
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2023
Fifty companies representing residential senior living and care have been named to Fortune’s 2023 Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists, released Wednesday.
Maligned by ‘misperceptions’ and mainstream media, nursing homes reel from low marks in Gallup poll
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Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 13, 2023
Barely one-quarter of Americans believe that nursing homes are safe environments while fewer than 10% give such facilities high marks for the overall quality of care provided, according to a new Gallup...
‘Pack it up’ or increase debt to survive? One skilled nursing owner’s moment of truth
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 12, 2023
When he bought his own nursing home company back in 2016, Ted LeNeave adopted an upside-down leadership philosophy, one that gave his onsite employees broad say in how to run their facilities and empower...
More knowledgeable nurse assessment coordinators needed, group says
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 12, 2023
More than one-quarter of nurse assessment coordinators have limited on-the-job experience, potentially leaving providers at risk for survey deficiencies and leading to poorer health outcomes for facility...
COVID-19, flu shots at same time safe and effective, study says
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Kristen Fischer
Sep 11, 2023
A new study looked at how healthcare workers fared after having a COVID-19 vaccine, a flu shot or both. It found that taking both wasn’t linked to a lower immune response or to more frequent adverse...
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 11
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 11, 2023
Newsweek launches CCRC rankings … OIG cites surveyor shortages in Georgia’s failure to adequately assess nursing home emergency preparedness … Trends in use of antipsychotics and psychoactive drugs...
NIH probes multidrug-resistant bacteria in community settings
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Kristen Fischer
Sep 08, 2023
Researchers are seeing people in community health settings with extremely or unusually virulent strains of the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae. As a result, a National Institutes of Health research group...
Mood of the Market Part 3: Would-be quitters are sector’s ‘wake-up call’
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 08, 2023
The share of nursing home leaders “seriously considering quitting” their jobs has fallen just below the 50% mark for the first time since the early pandemic, according to new results in the 2023 McKnight’s...
Adapt, or the desire for flexibility will drive workers away, providers warned in McKnight’s survey
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2023
Flexibility, already a major buzz word in the skilled nursing sector, is becoming an even more critical tool for hiring managers and building leaders in 2023, results of the latest McKnight’s Mood of...
Nursing homes reveal widespread emergency planning barriers in new OIG report
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2023
More than three-quarters of US nursing homes in areas at high risk for natural disasters face significant challenges in preparing for them, estimates a new federal report issued early Wednesday.