More than two-thirds of skilled nursing providers “sometimes” or “often” staff shifts without enough workers, according to a new survey by recruitment and hiring management firm OnShift. The first...
Herndon takes top spot at Forest Ridge
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 21, 2020
Diane Herndon has been named executive director of Forest Ridge Senior Living in Woodland Park, CO. Herndon has a bachelor’s degree in social work and is certified as a nursing home administrator. She...
New Jewish Home appoints Mundy and Abrams as nursing home administrators
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 15, 2020
The New Jewish Home, a comprehensive healthcare system serving older New Yorkers, has appointed new administrators at two of its two skilled nursing facilities. Sandra Mundy, a nursing home administrator...
More home care needed for heart patients, study finds
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 04, 2019
Heart patients are less likely to return to a hospital after a skilled nursing discharge if they are prescribed home care, a new study has found.
Telepsychiatry helps reduce antipsychotics, others’ use
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 14, 2019
An Encounter Telehealth analysis of 40 rural skilled nursing facility partners in Iowa revealed a 6.7% reduction in the use of antipsychotics following 14 months of psychiatric telehealth services. Some...
New monitoring solution hits SNF market
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 12, 2019
A patient-monitoring product once available only in hospitals is pushing into skilled nursing facilities, providing a new way to monitor residents with chronic cardiac conditions. The Allure Group is using...
‘Favorable trends’ put Genesis Healthcare in a buying mood
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2019
With a third consecutive quarter of occupancy growth and margin expansion, Genesis Healthcare wants to increase its real estate ownership even further, company leaders said Thursday morning.
Without confession, nursing home serial killer might never have been caught
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 01, 2019
After two years of investigation, a Canadian inquiry has found that an eight-time nursing home murderer would have eluded detection without her self-provoked confession.
‘Devastating’ closure of rural nursing home comes despite gov’t attempt to find buyer
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 30, 2019
The sole nursing home in a rural pocket of New Mexico has closed weeks after state efforts to transfer ownership fell short. Preferred Care Partners Management Group, the operator of Preferred Care-owned...
Staffing groups call for wage increases, higher direct-care ratios
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 29, 2019
A coalition backing nursing home workers in Rhode Island is calling for a $15-per-hour wage for certified nursing assistants and new minimum staffing hours, even as nearby states are experiencing closures...