The nurses who staff nursing homes earn less than their peers in assisted living and continuing care retirement communities, according to a new survey.
Most primary care docs would treat asymptomatic UTIs with antibiotics, survey finds
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 31, 2022
Fully 70% of primary care doctors would prescribe antibiotics for UTI based on a positive urine culture alone, a new survey has found.
LTC not always valuable at end of life to seniors with mental illness
By
Emily Mongan
Nov 17, 2017
Seniors with serious mental illness don’t often seek out skilled nursing care at the end of their lives, recently released survey results show.
GAO: Privacy breaches widespread among Medicare contractors
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 08, 2006
Privacy breaches involving the personal health information of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries is prevalent, according to a new survey of state agencies and federal contractors for the programs.
Survey: Average private room cost rises by 5.7% this year
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 28, 2005
The average cost of a private room in a nursing home in the United States rose 5.7% to $203 from $192 last year, according to a new survey.
Nursing homes more prepared for the coronavirus than for H1N1: survey
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 26, 2020
Despite the COVID-19 troubles currently facing eldercare facilities, things could have been much worse for some, a Michigan survey suggests.
Editor’s Desk: The time is quite right to change survey frequency
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 18, 2019
If nothing else, we have to give Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service Administrator Seema Verma credit for building a plan and sticking to it. So far. But be careful what you ask for. Rumors have flown...
Desired hours important in job decision, caregiver survey finds
Jan 24, 2018
Eighty percent of home care, assisted living and nursing home caregivers said they preferred to work for one company if they can get the hours they want, which is often easier in a restaurant or retail...
Providers urge Congress to strike down fee for survey revisits
By
Haymarket Media
Mar 26, 2007
Nursing home representatives are asking members of Congress to put an end to the so-called “quality-based user fee” imposed for nursing home survey revisits.
Survey: Prices for seniors’ drugs rise twice as fast (again)
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 17, 2005
The average prices of drugs that elderly Americans use most often rose more than twice as fast as general inflation last year, according to survey results released Tuesday. It’s the third straight...