Is pay pain reaching its peak after another year of impressive wage growth?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2022
After a two-year stretch in which nursing homes’ largest employee group made salary gains approaching 20%, relief for cash-strapped providers may be in sight, even if far on the horizon.
Social interaction a key component of recovery after hip fracture, researchers find
By
Alicia Lasek
May 21, 2023
Social interaction levels should be taken into consideration when planning post-acute rehab for these patients, researchers say.
Solutions and hope may be offered at today’s House nursing home COVID-19 hearing
By
Joe Bush
Sep 21, 2022
Nursing home advocates and researchers hope today’s House subcommittee hearing will spur legislative action to help the sector recover from the ravages it’s still feeling from COVID-19.
How to do it… Finding and keeping infection preventionists
By
John Hall
Jan 20, 2023
With the critical shortages in the nursing home workforce today, there may not be a more important hire than the now-mandatory infection preventionist.
Bill makes failure to avert nursing home abuse a felony for directors, managers
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 07, 2024
A Delaware bill would open nursing home directors and managers to felony charges if they fail to “promptly take corrective action” after the discovery of resident abuse or neglect that leads to serious...
Unfunded staffing mandate’s financial requirements a ‘fantasy,’ observers say
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 05, 2023
Though a costly national nursing home staffing mandate proposed Friday offers no new financial support for operators, it could trigger more reporting requirements as the federal government tries to spur...
LTC lobbyists lining up against special kind of pay cut
By
Joe Bush
Oct 04, 2022
Cynthia Morton is on the verge of a crazy few months to finish 2022. The executive vice president of the National Association for Long Term Care is about to help kick off the 33rd NASL National meeting...
Providers pledge ‘triumph’ over staffing rule as pressure grows in Washington
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 03, 2023
Leaders of the nation’s largest nursing home association said Monday that they would continue to fight against and eventually “triumph” over a proposed federal staffing mandate.
Full vaccination ahead? New regulations, boosters complicate upcoming flu and COVID shots
By
John Hall
Aug 17, 2022
Nursing homes might again find themselves at ground zero of the COVID vaccine efficacy debate this fall, yet wiser for the wear from the early chaotic days of the epidemic.
Orchestrating growth with a new ‘band’ of skilled nursing recruits: Hebrew SeniorLife’s Steve Landers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 10, 2023
As it looks to recruit new staff Hebrew SeniorLife, plans to take its long-time educational mission to the people.