I think a lot of us were a little ticked off with the State of the Union address and the administration’s focus on improving the quality of care provided in America’s nursing homes. We all know we...
Former CMS leader rips Biden’s nursing home reform plans
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Danielle Brown
Mar 15, 2022
President Joe Biden’s proposals to reform America’s nursing homes are “short-sighted” and may push providers over the edge during the ongoing workforce crisis, the former leader of the Centers...
Slow booster rollout could be stunting uptake at nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Mar 15, 2022
Little promotion and a lack of federal support for distribution could be suppressing COVID-19 vaccine booster rates in nursing homes, according to several experts.
Lessons from COVID-19: Leverage increased public awareness to improve staffing levels and stability
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Tracey Moorhead
Barbara Bowers
Mar 14, 2022
Some problems are so pervasive that even well-intentioned efforts to solve them feel overwhelming and inadequate. The staffing crisis is one of them. Workforce shortages jeopardize the health and safety...
Six years after mandate, most of state’s nursing home residents had POLST forms
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Mar 14, 2022
By 2016, 81% of California’s long-stay residents and 68% of short-stay residents had physician orders for life-sustaining treatment recorded in the MDS.
Lasting cognitive decline common in older COVID-19 patients: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2022
One year after hospital discharge, 9% of study participants who survived severe disease had dementia and 26% had mild cognitive impairment — a higher proportion than their uninfected peers, investigators...
Kendal Corp’s Sean Kelly: Nursing home reform requires real change
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Danielle Brown
Mar 14, 2022
The long-term care reform that President Joe Biden is seeking will require a commitment toward real change of the healthcare system and how care is delivered for residents, according to Sean Kelly, president...
Also in the News for Monday, March 14
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 14, 2022
Long-term care M&A back at historically high levels … AHCA breaks down ‘myths vs. facts’ on Biden’s comments regarding private equity and nursing homes … CT providers won’t be required to spend...
A Biden damaging proposal that’s barely getting noticed
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John O'Connor
Mar 13, 2022
President Biden sure gave nursing homes the stink eye during his State of the Union address. Care quality is down while charges are up, he alleged. He added that Medicare rules need to be tightened
Leaders, the ides of March are blowing
By
Martie Moore
Mar 11, 2022
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and wind blows cold – when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. — Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations” I remember calling...