Here’s a new concept in aging services: the Senior Health and Housing Initiative For Transformation (SHIFT). It would provide an all-inclusive approach to care in a continuing care retirement community...
SNFs: Time to step up, not give up
By
Anne Tumlinson
Jan 12, 2018
The design of the BPCI-Advanced program appears, at first glance, to offer little opportunity for SNFs looking to redesign their business models and take episodic healthcare risk alongside hospitals and...
H1N1 prevention: beyond masks and handwash
By
John Nappi Jr.
Nov 24, 2009
If a case of H1N1 ends up in your long-term care facility, there are actions you can take to prevent the flu from spreading throughout the building.
False Claims Act liability for poor quality of care
By
Jason R. Edgecombe and Ted Lotchin
Sep 14, 2015
Not surprisingly, different federal courts have staked out different positions on the standard for liability under a worthless services complaint.
The killer hiding on the porch
By
Gary Tetz
May 19, 2022
I’m not easily surprised these days, because…everything. But I just stumbled across an astonishing bit of data.
Nurse morale and its impact on LTC
By
Bette McNee, RN, NHA
Jun 28, 2017
Nursing is a demanding occupation – a career as a nursing professional is often associated with long hours and high stress. Especially in long-term care facilities, where patients receive both physical...
Trail banter, long-term care style
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 02, 2022
For lots of good reasons, a long-term care facility hallway should not be the same as a hiking trail. Protruding rocks and exposed tree roots would create a fall hazard, and make med cart navigation...
Sharing secrets to success in ventilator weaning
By
Vasudeva Raju, M.D.
Sep 20, 2017
Post-acute care facilities must excel at weaning patients off ventilators. After all, what hospital wants to transfer a patient to a facility with mediocre weaning success rates, after its staff has worked...
Research reveals good news for Life Plan Communities
By
Cate O’Brien, Ph.D.
Oct 26, 2018
Age Well Study open to additional participants until November 30
Uniform data collection key for SNF cost containment
By
Betsy Rust
Oct 09, 2015
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in July that it was implementing a system of bundled payments for knee and hip operations in 75 geographic areas of the country, it prompted...