‘Resident for a Day’ program delivers insights, recommendations for LTC leaders
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Nov 13, 2017
A program that placed administrators-in-training into the shoes of nursing home residents helped promote person-centered care, new research finds.
New York’s largest for-profit SNF operator kept nurses in ‘indentured servitude,’ lawsuit...
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Mar 14, 2017
New York’s largest for-profit nursing home group allegedly kept more than 350 Filipino nurses in “indentured servitude” and sued those who tried to quit, according to a class action complaint...
Trump’s ‘one-in, two-out’ order not sensible for health regs, lawsuit claims
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Feb 09, 2017
President Donald Trump’s executive order to slash two federal regulations for each new policy introduced may arbitrarily cut regulations focused on health and safety, according to a lawsuit filed...
Education-focused LTC nursing foundation debuts
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Mar 03, 2017
A new charitable organization has been established to fund scholarships and academic research grants in the field of long-term care nursing.
Senators, consumer groups make final push to ditch nursing home arbitration clauses
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Aug 08, 2017
Long-term care consumer advocates and lawmakers heightened complaints Monday about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ plan to allow binding arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts,...
A snapshot of successful dementia surveys
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Oct 06, 2015
I firmly believe the old saying that a picture’s worth a thousand words. But for every strong, visual message photograph conveys, there are dozens of more messages that it doesn’t, or can’t,...
Rosewood Senior Living wins big for innovative integration
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Oct 01, 2015
Technology upgrades across ABHOW’s Rosewood Senior Living campus in Bakersfield, CA, helped make maintenance and transportation more efficient, plus boosted resident use of Internet applications.
GOP tax cut plan could force providers to close up shop, group says
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Nov 06, 2017
A tax cuts bill released Thursday by House lawmakers could be “devastating” for long-term care providers, according to the nation’s largest nonprofit provider group.
Call for additional patient testing in ManorCare hepatitis C lawsuit
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Jun 07, 2016
Attorneys representing the victims of the largest hepatitis C outbreak in recent history have asked for judge-ordered testing to find additional people who may have been infected.
Final SNF rule could arrive in September, experts forecast
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Apr 07, 2016
The final version of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s massive proposed rule for skilled nursing facilities is estimated to be released in September 2016, a long-term care policy expert shared...