Desired hours important in job decision, caregiver survey finds
Jan 24, 2018
Eighty percent of home care, assisted living and nursing home caregivers said they preferred to work for one company if they can get the hours they want, which is often easier in a restaurant or retail...
Providers urge Congress to strike down fee for survey revisits
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Haymarket Media
Mar 26, 2007
Nursing home representatives are asking members of Congress to put an end to the so-called “quality-based user fee” imposed for nursing home survey revisits.
Survey: Prices for seniors’ drugs rise twice as fast (again)
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Haymarket Media
Aug 17, 2005
The average prices of drugs that elderly Americans use most often rose more than twice as fast as general inflation last year, according to survey results released Tuesday. It’s the third straight...
CMS lists poor performing nursing homes on consumer Web site
Apr 25, 2008
Federal regulators’ “Nursing Home Compare” Web site now lists facilities that rank in the lowest 10% in quality based on state inspection results, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Study finds link between unmanaged depression, nursing home admissions
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Haymarket Media
May 17, 2006
Elderly people with unmanaged depression are more likely to end up in a nursing home, according to new study results.
Initiative unearths new data about assisted living practices
Nov 23, 2010
The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) recently released results of its Performance Measurement Initiative. Approximately 91% of assisted living facilities measure resident and family satisfaction,...
NFID: Half of U.S. adults vulnerable to serious disease due to low flu vaccine uptake
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 06, 2022
Flu season is about to ramp up in a big way, and experts are concerned that low numbers of adults seeking vaccination will leave many vulnerable to influenza and its complications.
Nursing homes pay less for nurses
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2018
The nurses who staff nursing homes earn less than their peers in assisted living and continuing care retirement communities, according to a new survey.
Software selected for GE Healthcare program
Jun 06, 2017
Lumin Medical’s software PatientTrak has been selected for the GE Healthcare Centricity Partner Program.
Nursing home DON salaries rose in 2011, survey finds
Jul 21, 2011
The news is getting better for nursing home directors of nursing: they saw an average salary increase of 2.47% in 2011, according to a new report published by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service....