Hospital patients often don’t receive quality information on skilled nursing facilities prior to their discharge and may choose a facility based on location, a new study shows.
Tough flu strains hit hard, plague elderly
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 09, 2018
Influenza hit most of the United States by early January, government officials said. ‘‘This is the first year we have had the entire continental US be the same color on the graph, meaning there is...
Clinical staff more critical of safety inside nursing homes
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 06, 2017
Nursing home administrators perceive a better safety culture in their facility than clinical staff, according to a new report.
‘SFF’ moniker is rarely fatal
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
An operation with a Special Focus Facilities designation isn’t necessarily a non-starter for savvy providers, and the SFF label might misrepresent what’s actually happening on the ground, according...
New rankings might wrongly show downturn, leaders fear
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2015
Despite progress reducing off-label use of antipsychotics among nursing home residents, providers remained worried about a rebasing of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services system to rank nursing...
‘Elderspeak’ study reveals prevalence: study
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 21, 2014
Certified nursing assistants are more likely to use “elderspeak,” a form of patronizing speech used with seniors, if they are familiar with the resident, if the resident has dementia, or others...
SafeKeeping secures seed funding
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 20, 2019
Indianapolis-based SafeKeeping, a resident engagement and care communication platform for long-term care providers and caregivers, announced it had secured $330,000 in seed funding.
Connecticut, New York top sites with most expensive private nursing home room
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 08, 2014
Operators in two regional areas in Connecticut as well as two areas in New York are among those with the highest charges in the country for a private nursing home room, according to a new study from New...
Montana resident caught fire from cigarette and oxygen tank, CMS asserts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 03, 2018
A temporarily unsupervised Montana nursing home resident burned for an estimated 10 minutes after her cigarette ignited with her oxygen tank, causing second-degree burns and the resident’s eventual...
New RNs trending more to nursing homes, expert says
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 01, 2014
Newly licensed registered nurses are less likely to work in hospitals and more likely to be hired in a nursing home, says a new analysis in the American Journal of Nursing.