7,000 Pennsylvania nursing home workers negotiating new contracts
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 17, 2013
A 150-person negotiating committee representing nearly 7,000 Pennsylvania nursing home workers met on Tuesday with representatives of major operators such as Golden Living, Genesis HealthCare, Reliant...
AHRQ to host webinar on fall prevention
Aug 07, 2014
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will host a webinar on fall prevention in long-term care facilities on Aug. 13, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Providers welcome additional SNF funding, but ‘more will be needed’: Genesis
By
Danielle Brown
May 26, 2020
Federal plans to distribute nearly $5 billion to skilled nursing operators to help their COVID-19 response is a good start, but it may not be enough for providers to conduct necessary testing at facilities...
‘The only hope we have is for testing,’ top nursing home analyst says
By
James M. Berklan
May 11, 2020
COVID-19’s ability to hide from plain sight will continue to crush expectations of halting its spread unless more and quicker testing at nursing homes sweeps the country, said a top U.S. researcher sifting...
Golden Living and Genesis facilities take top quality awards
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 17, 2012
Two nursing homes in Wisconsin and Rhode Island have taken top honors in a national quality awards competition.
Study across Genesis facilities finds marked difference in COVID outcomes for boosted residents
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2022
Vaccine boosters appeared to play a key role in preventing COVID–19-associated morbidity and mortality across two large LTC systems.
Nurse shoots nursing home resident, herself in apparent murder-suicide
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 06, 2013
Authorities were searching for a motive Tuesday after a licensed practical nurse at a long-term care facility in Pennsylvania apparently shot and killed a resident and then turned the gun on herself.
Industry leaders argue for expanded role of medical directors
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 03, 2019
The impact of industry medical directors remains inconsistent, and steps should be taken to further strengthen the role, say leading executives.
Nearly half of nursing home residents with COVID-19 show no symptoms, national study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 21, 2020
A multi-state study in Genesis HealthCare facilities found that more than 40% of nursing home residents with COVID-19 are asymptomatic. Facility-wide testing was more successful in detecting these lurking...
Savings abound when LTC administrators and pharmacists work together, experts stress
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 13, 2012
As providers struggle to operate on increasingly thin margins, close collaboration between nursing home administrators and consultant pharmacists is becoming more important, industry experts said Tuesday.