A long-term study of seniors with pain found those who reported the highest levels of pain were more likely to develop cognitive impairment than those with lower levels.
When the world spun out of control, they stepped up for residents
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 14, 2021
The heroes were everywhere late Friday in Arkansas and Kentucky, as savage tornadoes bore down directly on at least four nursing homes. As McKnight’s shared yesterday, one of the storm system’s most...
Becker appointed production head for ORIX Real Estate Capital
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
ORIX Real Estate Capital, the combined company of Lancaster Pollard, RED Capital Group, and Hunt Real Estate Capital, announced the appointment of Aaron Becker as head of production for seniors housing...
Episcopal Retirement Services names Steward new CFO
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 04, 2019
Dan Steward has been named chief financial officer of Ohio-based Episcopal Retirement Services. Prior to joining ERS, Steward had nearly 20 years of experience in auditing and consulting roles for...
‘Code Silver’ simulations are enhancing staff confidence
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 02, 2018
A workplace violence training program developed by an Ohio health system equipped staff with new responses and for reacting to potentially violent situations. Summa Health System’s efforts included classroom...
Mayo named administrator at Masonic Village
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2019
Pennsylvania’s Masonic Village at Elizabethtown has hired Matthew Mayo as assistant executive director and nursing home administrator. Mayo previously was nursing home administrator for the 198-bed ManorCare...
Sherrill House’s Stapleton to lead nursing home administrators board
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 20, 2022
Patrick J. Stapleton, CEO of Sherrill House, a not-for-profit skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Boston, has been unanimously elected chair of the state’s Board of Registration of Nursing Home...
Using analytics to drive post-COVID-19 referrals highlights April 29 webinar
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2021
As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services drives toward value-based care and bundled payment models, skilled nursing providers have a key opportunity to show hospitals and other potential partners...
Guess what’s coming to nursing homes next
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 03, 2024
I remember when the Patient Driven Payment Model rule was just a proposal inching its way toward finalization, its concept of assigning points for specific non-therapy ancillary costs a pretty exciting...
The anti-vaccine victory tour of 2021
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2021
When news broke this week regarding the first injunction against the federal vaccine requirement for healthcare workers, I’ll admit I was surprised that a court found enough merit in the challenging...