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Experts suggest these 4 things will lead to long-term care success in next 3 years
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2021
With so much focus, for so long on surviving COVID’s clinical and financial ravages, many long-term care operators have shifted to looking for strategies to help them thrive as the pandemic drags on...
How to do it … Heed COVID’s rehab lessons
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2021
Rehabilitation therapists are experts at helping patients relearn the skills needed to lead functional lives. Over the course of the pandemic, therapists themselves have learned to improvise on the fly...
A rare feat: Two big wins in just 20 hours for SNFs
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James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2021
Nursing home operators must have been speeding to buy lottery tickets on Sept. 10. After two days of unexpectedly good news from the White House and regulators, who could have blamed anyone if they wanted ...
There’s no time to cry
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 01, 2021
If you’re close to my aging vintage, you remember those adorable pioneers on the TV show “Little House on the Prairie.” Now we’re living in their world. Menaced by fires, floods, climate change...
Production rebounds, brings security innovations to life
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2021
While the pandemic slowed some rollouts, technology on the horizon will help provide safer solutions for LTC.
Paul Harrison: Moving with a purpose
By
Chloe Konrad
Oct 01, 2021
Paul Harrison, President and CEO, Village at Incarnate Word
‘You get a car!’: Pair of trucks to be given to get workers past current 95% vax rate
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 29, 2021
Providers across the country are getting creative in order to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates among staff. Some have promoted cash prizes, while others have promised extra time off.
CDC panel recommends COVID-19 boosters for long-term care residents
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Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2021
Long-term care residents are one step closer to receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shots after an advisory panel affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a key recommendation...
‘Exceedingly difficult’ to control COVID inside facilities when virus rages outside, LTC experts...
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 22, 2021
Long-term care operators located in areas of high COVID-19 prevalence are hamstrung when it comes to keeping SARS-CoV-2 infections from infiltrating their facilities, the country’s top long-term care...