SNF supervisor pilot boosts culture and staff retention
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Efforts to improve frontline supervision can enhance the quality of entry-level jobs in long-term care and lead to higher retention of certified nursing assistants and better patient care, according to...
‘Mass chaos’: 37,000 nursing home eviction notices prepared in Louisiana
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Louisiana’s Department of Health is preparing to send eviction notices to about 37,000 nursing home and other long-term care residents who could lose Medicaid coverage under the current budget.
Brius Healthcare gets most citations for serious deficiencies, but it’s the state that gets the...
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2018
California’s oversight agencies have not met their responsibilities when it comes to ensuring quality care at the state’s nursing homes, even as the three main providers there have grown into...
Agency may conduct less than 40% of required nursing home surveys in Kansas this year
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2018
Many skilled nursing facilities in Kansas are going without annual inspections, with survey completions expected to remain below the 40% mark this year.
High-quality, short-term nursing stays lower risk of seniors entering long-term care
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 18, 2018
Seniors who seek rehab at higher-rated short term nursing facilities are less likely to transition into long-term care facilities afterward, finds a study from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Nursing homes may be targeted for turning away patients being treated for opioid addiction
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 18, 2018
Federal investigators could begin cracking down on nursing facilities that refuse admission to patients being treated for opioid addiction, experts are warning.
Dangerous profession: nursing home assistants report three times the injuries of other workers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2018
Certified nursing assistants have one of the highest reported rates of injury across the country and in Ohio, according to a review of injury data and first-person stories reported this week by The (Cleveland)...
High-fluid capacity disposables cut IAD
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
Replacing a non-permeable, reusable pad with a disposable, high-fluid capacity one can reduce the number of incontinence-associated dermatitis cases and lessen their severity, according to research in...
Study: Resident symptoms, risk factors aren’t enough to predict hospitalization
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 28, 2018
A lengthy trial designed to optimize transfers from nursing homes reduced avoidable hospitalizations by 33%, researchers report.
Oxycodone dose 20 times too strong kills nursing home resident
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2018
A Minnesota nurse accidentally gave a resident a dose of oxycodone 20 times too strong, killing him within a few hours last year, according to a state investigation.