State pushed for $103 million for nursing homes, greater resident funding
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 25, 2024
Advocates for long-term care providers in New Jersey and their residents are taking competing annual funding pleas to government leaders to the wire.
Payments, not punitive measures, at heart of plan
Oct 01, 2012
OHIO – A plan to incentivize providers for better care with financial rewards instead of penalties is gaining traction among the state’s 970 nursing homes. Advocates say the pay-for-performance...
State news: Joplin nursing homes mourn losses, sort through fallout weeks later
Jul 01, 2011
Six skilled nursing facilities are still sorting through the debris and fallout of lives and jobs uprooted from a tornado that nearly leveled the entire city of Joplin, MO, in late April.
Monday is the standard deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2024
Monday is the standard deadline for entries for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
Editors’ Blog: Add a story to mcknights.com
May 01, 2009
Mcknights.com has a new element called “Shared Links.” It allows readers to submit links to stories they they think are of interest to long-term care readers.
CPAP nightstands created to store equipment
Nov 08, 2017
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machines can be challenging to store, so a furniture company has created a specific nightstand designed for those with sleep apnea.
Ask the Care Expert about … infection prevention
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jan 08, 2018
We are working hard on infection prevention at my facility. Do you have any ideas on how to really make staff think about how important they are to this process?
Profile: Andrea Leebron-Clay never settles for ‘OK’
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 05, 2019
It’s impossible to pick one story that defines Andrea Leebron-Clay.
Texas scooter store sues CMS
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 15, 2005
A supplier of motorized wheelchairs that has been a target of a crackdown by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is suing CMS to get paid for power mobility vehicles delivered to Medicare beneficiaries.
Feed the patient and starve the wound
By
John Hall
Nov 06, 2017
There’s new thinking around the role that good nutrition plays in healing ulcers