‘Hand-to-hand combat’ for workers, strict no-agency policy improve quality and workforce: PruittHealth...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 24, 2023
PruittHealth this spring picked up seven more awards recognizing its quality efforts, but the number of residents who have access to the Georgia-based provider’s innovative and expanding post-acute services...
Prioritizing patient-centered care: How senior living leaders are providing a superior healthcare experience
Mar 28, 2024
Long-term care providers are turning to value-based care partnerships to give seniors what they really want and need. Through these partnerships, healthcare providers can improve patient health outcomes...
Section D surprises! The season’s biggest change
By
Joel VanEaton
Oct 31, 2023
There has been a slogan that has circulated on social media recently that goes like this: “Fall is proof that change is beautiful.” Hmm… I suppose individual perspective is the key to whether that...
Empty beds, untenable staffing needs push the nation’s rural nursing homes closer to the brink
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 08, 2024
Like many of its skilled nursing neighbors in the Cornhusker State, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role with special small-town flourishes and succumbing...
Rural nursing homes’ livelihood may depend on non-existent staff
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 15, 2024
In August, Candace Carey left her job of eight years — monitoring eggs at a nearby chicken farm for nearly $18 an hour — and took a pay cut to watch over and tend to human beings instead as a CNA.