Survey says improve perks and communication to boost employee satisfaction
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 01, 2021
Though many skilled nursing and senior care workers are highly likely to recommend similar employment to their friends, many say that perks such as bonuses, extra time off and other supports could improve...
Nursing homes down 200K frontline workers, with more COVID cases on the way
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2021
The U.S. is facing a certified nurse aide shortage of about 200,000, with the situation made more dire by a surging number of unvaccinated aides being forced to quarantine with cases of a new COVID-19...
When one dangerous compromise leads to another
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 28, 2021
Sometimes providers are backed into a corner and must do non-preferred things. But the big question becomes what’s the next step after the first concession?
To save itself, might Medicare deny coverage of controversial new Alzheimer’s drug?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 28, 2021
The true price to administer aducanumab — a controversial new Alzheimer’s treatment — may actually be closer to $100,000 annually than other, lower estimates and is just one reason the Centers for...
Eliminating residents’ chronic pain not a realistic goal: Aim for quality of life, experts tell...
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 24, 2021
Even the best, multimodal treatment strategies may be only 30% effective, say the authors of a new review and pain management guide.
94% of all nursing homes still facing staffing shortages, new survey shows
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 24, 2021
Challenges associated with hiring and retaining long-term care workers has gotten worse for about three-quarters of nursing homes this year, according to a new survey from the American Health Care Association/National...
Healing the LTC industry in a post-COVID-19 world
By
Nancy Losben
Jun 23, 2021
As we see the steady — and hopefully permanent — decline of COVID-19 in the U.S., the challenge for the long-term care industry is a comeback. What we can expect is that the comeback will not look...
Despite progress, nursing homes expected to fall short of 75% staff vaccination goal
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2021
There’s still much progress needed for long-term care industry providers to meet their self-imposed goal of getting three-quarters of all nursing home workers vaccinated against COVID-19 by this time...
New details emerge in $38.7M scheme with bogus N95 mask contracts
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 22, 2021
A federal lawmaker is lambasting the Trump administration’s COVID-19 pandemic response after a newly released staff memo shed new light on a $38.7 million fraud scheme for N95 masks.
Buoyed by growth, massive hospital system drives collaboration — and takes the lead on payments
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2021
When Steward Health Care announced last week that it was buying five hospitals from Tenet Healthcare Corp. for $1.1 billion, what didn’t get much media attention was the organization’s history of coordinating...