Prioritizing patient-centered care: How senior living leaders are providing a superior healthcare experience
Mar 28, 2024
Long-term care providers are turning to value-based care partnerships to give seniors what they really want and need. Through these partnerships, healthcare providers can improve patient health outcomes...
Nurse influence needed for senior tech solutions: study
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2024
Nurses should be taking a more active role in shaping healthcare technology and advocating for active involvement in design processes, a new study concludes.
When fed-up senior care operators go on the offensive
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 16, 2024
The good folks taking care of the elderly in Arizona are done playing the role of piñata. They’re also done addressing their detractors one-by-one.
It’s time for providers to get their heads out of the sand
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2024
If you’re a provider and haven’t taken serious steps toward competing in a value-based care world, promise to get your head out of the sand.
Long-term care providers clamor for innovation to avert closing shop
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2024
Among struggling nursing homes, the share of facilities closing jumped significantly during the main pandemic years, even as the percent selling to for-profit organizations declined.
Many state governments installed new regulations to govern nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those state-level policies weren’t clearly linked to reduced transmission, according to new...
Guess what’s coming to nursing homes next
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 03, 2024
I remember when the Patient Driven Payment Model rule was just a proposal inching its way toward finalization, its concept of assigning points for specific non-therapy ancillary costs a pretty exciting...
People with disabilities have higher risk for hospitalizations during extreme heat: study
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 18, 2024
With the summer approaching, the United States is about to experience warmer weather, and this can be especially difficult for older adults. According to a new study, heat waves raise the risk for emergency...
White House promises staffing rule is near as Biden courts fresh attention for caregiving agenda
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2024
President Joe Biden said Tuesday his administration plans to finalize its nursing home staffing rule in “coming weeks,” just one element of a platform meant to transform caregiving for patients and...
The DOL Rule: Clarifying the confusion about worker misclassification
By
Charles Turner
Mar 20, 2024
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) recent “Worker Classification” rule might be a topic where facts and points of view are coming at you from all sides. Your eyes may glaze. Your cursor may be ascending...