These stress management moves can help nurses cope much longer
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 10, 2023
Interventions aimed at reducing work-related stress for nurses may lead to improvements in how people cope with stress up to a year later, according to Dutch researchers.
‘Moment of decision’ appears near on nursing home staffing rule
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2024
A two-day spate of legislative action opposing the nursing home staffing mandate has some staunch supporters of the requirements feeling “very concerned” about the rule’s future.
Telemedicine maintains its value even as pandemic eases
By
John Hall
Sep 11, 2022
As workforce issues continue, skilled nursing providers are searching for ways to fill the staffing void. Telemedicine is increasingly seen as a tool to serve both residents and healthcare workers.
Rural seniors may ‘pay the price’ of federal staffing minimum: AHCA board member
Jun 13, 2023
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is exiting the pandemic as a much different organization than what it was just five years ago, cutting its massive footprint back to seven states and, with...
McKnight’s scores in Hermes international competition
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
The McKnight’s Long-Term Care News editorial and art teams went 4-for-4 in in the 2023 Hermes Creative Awards.
Ask the wound expert … about wound care’s economic burden
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2023
Q: What is the burden of wound care on the economy and society at large?
Managers at Veterans facility ruled immune from COVID prosecution, appeals court affirms
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 30, 2023
A federal appeals court has reaffirmed a decision that released top managers at a state-run long-term care facility from liability in a worker’s lawsuit alleging his constitutional rights to a safe workplace...
Operator hit with record $5.5M verdict over oxygen failure
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 03, 2023
A jury has awarded the family of a deceased nursing home resident $5.5 million after her oxygen machine stopped working due to a power outage.
12-week walking program boosts recall memory in seniors: study
By
Alicia Lasek
May 26, 2023
The story recollection abilities of seniors significantly improved as did brain activity after weeks of supervised walking exercise, investigators say.
Congress should pass this provider-endorsed Medicare bill, and then go further
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 11, 2023
Despite today’s hyper-partisan divisions, there’s one nursing home-focused measure that should be a slam dunk among members of both major political parties.