Robots may allow for more quality time with patients, Norwegian nurses say
Aug 04, 2009
Norwegian nursing home and home healthcare workers are open to the idea of integrating robots and remote sensors into nursing homes and seniors’ homes, according to a recent survey.
Report: Salary for assisted living administrator salary stays same
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Haymarket Media
Feb 10, 2006
New nationwide survey data indicate that the national median salary of assisted living administrators is $53,000 — virtually unchanged from two years ago when it was $53,040.
U.S. has highest rate of med errors among six nations, survey finds
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
A whopping 34% of U.S. patients said they received wrong medication, improper treatment or incorrect or delayed test results in the last two years, according to a new study.
Cases subject to escrow
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2013
Federal regulators have expanded the use of escrow accounts so that as of this month, providers will be subject to their use for any kind of deficiency from a standard or complaint survey that draws a...
Report: Average nursing home cost rises to $70,080 annually
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Haymarket Media
Sep 28, 2004
The average price of a private room in a U.S. nursing home costs $70,080 per year, or $192 per day, according to the 2004 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home and Home Care Costs.
Healthcare workers less hesitant to receive COVID-19 vaccination, survey finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 17, 2021
Fewer healthcare workers say they’ll refuse a COVID-19 shot now than they did in December, investigators have found. And hesitant respondents explained what might change their minds.
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 27
Sep 27, 2021
Ohio law would allow cameras in nursing home rooms … Iowa provider avoids fine for employees slept on duty … Nearly 90% of nurses vaccinated: survey
Shortage of workers listed as major concern in senior living report
Feb 14, 2018
Eighty-two percent of senior living providers see a shortage of workers as a key concern over the next year, according to a new survey from Lancaster Pollard.
Study shows pay cuts expected to cost jobs
Jan 03, 2012
OHIO — The state’s skilled nursing facilities have shed or plan to shed 2,800 jobs in the wake of recent Medicare and Medicaid cuts, new survey results show.
Current trends, future problems for nursing home surveys to be focus of Super Tuesday webcast
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 13, 2012
Providers will get an up-close look at problems with the nursing home survey process from a nationally respected expert during the first 2012 McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast. The event will take...