State’s push for patient safety leads to tussle over emergency planning rules, consequences
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 22, 2022
State officials are pursuing new state regulations to protect nursing home residents from scenarios such as the one that contributed to 15 resident deaths after they evacuated to a warehouse during Hurricane...
In ‘scavenger hunt’ economy, providers will need to seize right opportunities
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — Whether they think the US is in a recession or not, providers must prepare for “sticky inflation,” rising interest rates and layoffs that may hurt the overall economy without shaking...
Providers gain needed allies against automatic nurse-aide training lockouts
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 15, 2022
Wednesday was a good day for nursing home operators and others opposed to nurse-aide training lockouts triggered automatically by high federal fines.
Residents suffered during lockdowns, but new study shows cognition didn’t
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 14, 2022
Residents in long-term care did not suffer steeper cognitive declines because of COVID-19-related isolation, countering a fear widely held early in the pandemic, investigators say.
Seniors may suffer in silence with atypical Afib symptoms, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 14, 2022
Clinicians must increase their level of vigilance for atrial fibrillation in older adults, even in the absence of typical cardiac symptoms, physicians say.
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 12
By
Joe Bush
Sep 12, 2022
Contracts settled at 13 Pennsylvania nursing homes … State CDC official: coronavirus is still here and ‘it’s not going away’ … Investigation delves into abuse allegations
MDS draft sends sector, states scrambling to assess effects
By
Joe Bush
Sep 07, 2022
Long-term care facilities, staff and half the states in the US should start preparing immediately for extensive changes to the Minimum Data Set, resident assessment experts said this week.
National Workforce Development Month underway
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 02, 2022
A month-long special campaign to bolster the long-term care workforce began Thursday and will extend through the rest of September.
Next nursing home reform target: Emergency preparedness?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may soon intensify its reform agenda focus on emergency planning, one of many areas targeted in President Biden’s 21-point nursing home plan unveiled earlier...
Parkinson: ‘2023 is going to be a tough year’
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 31, 2022
Long-term care leaders are eyeing the next 18 months warily, despite recent victories in the form of better-than-expected Medicare reimbursements for fiscal 2023 and Monday’s partial reprieve on emergency...