Editor’s Desk: Move over, SNFs — you are getting company
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 02, 2019
Welcome to the club.
Dementia-friendly biz opens
Aug 01, 2019
Warm Hearth Village, a continuing care retirement community in Blacksburg, has become the state’s first certified dementia-friendly business.
Bills address nursing homes
Aug 01, 2019
The state recently implemented three laws addressing nursing home reform.
Providers to pay nearly $2M over labor law violations
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 01, 2019
Federal and state investigators recently penalized a host of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities for wage theft and other labor law violations.
Ask The Legal Expert
By
John Durso
Aug 01, 2019
We want to make sure our staff is fully connected by text for scheduling and other updates. Can we make employee use of personal phones a condition of employment? How do we respect privacy issues...
A homecare discharge may hike readmission risk: study
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2019
Regulators’ push to send more frail elderly people home to receive care received a ringing non-endorsement from University of Chicago researchers recently.
Ask The Payment Expert
By
Caryn Adams
Aug 01, 2019
With just about six weeks until the PDPM rollout, what should be occurring at our facility? With the October 1 Patient-Drive Payment Model implementation date fast approaching, there are many tasks that...
Embedded sensors in briefs improve detection of UTIs
By
Mallory Hackett
Aug 01, 2019
Researchers have figured out a way to embed an autonomous sensor device in adult briefs to better detect urinary tract infections.
The first national investigation of nurse suicide in more than 20 years shows that both male and female nurses are at higher risk than non-nurse counterparts.
Ask The Nursing Expert
By
Amy Stewart
Aug 01, 2019
We have several residents who fall frequently. How can we decrease the number of falls in our facility? Start by identifying residents who are at risk for falls. Add timely communication about those at...