Bill would set minimum nurse staffing hours for NY nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 03, 2021
Nursing home operators are facing increased calls for minimum staffing requirements in the wake of an ongoing workforce crisis facing the industry nationwide.
Sorry, coronavirus, your destructive days are numbered
By
John O'Connor
Mar 14, 2020
Everyone must remember that as bad as the coronavirus pandemic is — and it’s plenty bad — it will not last forever.
CDC panel recommends COVID-19 boosters for long-term care residents
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2021
Long-term care residents are one step closer to receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shots after an advisory panel affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a key recommendation...
Feds restart regular survey inspections at nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2020
Regular surveys are resuming for long-term providers after being suspended for nearly five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tool helps clinicians assess need for fragility fracture prevention
By
Alicia Lasek
May 10, 2023
The new interactive online tool is designed to help clinicians assess fragility fracture risk and weigh the pluses and minuses of preventive treatment.
Evusheld doses go unused, despite demand in vulnerable patients
Mar 08, 2022
Fully 80% of the drug’s supply is languishing on shelves while physicians remain uninformed or uncertain about the drug and its guidance, a new report finds.
8 reasons why, despite COVID-19, I’m still glad to work in long-term care
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Apr 21, 2020
Despite distressing times of late do to COVID-19, there are many reasons I continue to don my PPE to sit at the bedsides of those in need of emotional solace. Here are eight of them — I think you’ll...
Regular caregiving burdens multiplied by coronavirus: Bring in the saints
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2020
It seems like a fragile house of cards could come down at almost any unlucky location where the invisible menace decides to reveal itself.
Provider slams home run with World Series tickets for employees
By
Joe Bush
Nov 02, 2022
Six people hit home runs during the Philadelphia Phillies’ 7-0 win over Houston in Game 3 of the World Series. One of them was a nursing home CEO.
Your money’s no good here
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2017
I’d say the thing we write about most often in this line of work is payment issues. As a long-term care provider, you are eternally under pressure with whether there will be enough to pay for everything.