A $6 million loan will help a Pasadena, CA-based skilled nursing facility out, post litigation.
60 Seconds with Gary Kelso, Chairman AHCA Not-for-Profit Council
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 01, 2013
What does a not-for-profit council do for a mostly for-profit association like AHCA?
Only 4 states have hit 75 percent LTC staff vaccination goal, new CMS data reveal
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2021
States that have achieved the industry’s June 30 goal are Hawaii, Vermont, Alaska and California, with staff member vaccination rates ranging from 83% to 75%. By contrast, the lowest-ranked state...
Engagement activities continue to pour into senior care
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2020
As visitor prohibitions continue, senior engagement companies and nonprofit organizations across the country are looking for new ways to serve residents. For example, Birdsong Tablet, a division of faith-based,...
‘Catastrophic human consequences’ if older Americans chopped from $3.5 trillion spending bill, CEO...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2021
ATLANTA — If negotiators of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan put the needs of older Americans “on the chopping block,” it would be “one of their greatest failures ever”...
Feds issue new guidance on Immediate Jeopardy penalties on eve of Senate hearing exploring nursing home...
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 06, 2019
With one of its top officials set to testify before the Senate today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made a pre-emptive strike to show that it’s addressing nursing home safety concerns.
The vaccine was most protective — at 90% efficacy — when participants received an initial half dose and then a full dose a month apart, the U.K. drugmaker says.
New guidance prescribes exercise ‘like medicine’ for cancer patients, survivors
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 17, 2019
Clinical evidence supports prescribing physical activity like medicine for people diagnosed with cancer, says an international team of experts.
Nurse aide admits to stealing, pawning resident’s wedding ring
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Jan 11, 2016
A former aide at a Minnesota nursing home has admitted to stealing the wedding ring off of a resident’s finger and pawning it over her lunch break.
Long-term care leaders criticize Washington Post article on reimbursements
Mar 31, 2010
A recent Washington Post analysis of the use of “ultra-high” reimbursement categories for nursing homes “paints a negative, incomplete picture of the growing role and tangible benefits...