The package looked like a bomb. Police say it was meth for a nursing home employee.
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2019
The wrapping on an package left at New Jersey’s Brakeley Park Center last month was suspicious enough to warrant a call to the state bomb squad. Turns out, the first call should have been to the local...
A Day in the Life: Dolls bring life to nursing home
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
More than two dozen residents of a Kentucky nursing home are rocking new babies to sleep each day, embracing a gift of love any parent can appreciate. Volunteer Sandy Cambron delivered 28 lifelike dolls...
Bipartisan governors’ group pushes for Medicaid expansion
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 27, 2018
A bipartisan governors’ group wants to improve care and reduce costs, using value-based payments and Medicaid innovations to make it happen.
Thin-skinned
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2019
BAndrew Applewhite’s patient had HIV and diabetes. She needed dialysis, but she had used up all the days in her Medicare stay and was discharged from a Texas skilled nursing facility. That the patient...
Long-term care operators could face 50% premium hikes next year
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 16, 2023
Many long-term care and senior living operators are likely facing steep insurance premium jumps for 2024, with underwriters increasingly skittish about extending coverage to poorly positioned clients.
‘Raining for 4 years’: Historic nonprofit nursing home maintains legacy amid deluge of challenges
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2024
The Chapin Home has survived two pandemics, two world wars, the Great Depression and other economic calamities to serve the poor and ailing of New York City across three centuries.
Cubigo adds visitor registration as families return
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2020
The digital platform Cubigo has added a new feature that supports contactless guest registration that can be used as retirement and other senior living facilities begin easing restrictions on visitation...
Researchers testing C. diff vaccine in widespread trial
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2015
An international trial is examining the efficacy of a vaccine for C. difficile, the gut-destroying bacterium that is particularly dangerous to seniors.
Hospitals with more nursing home beds nearby readmit fewer patients: study
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 05, 2022
Hospitals with a greater local supply of skilled nursing facilities and licensed nursing home beds are less likely to readmit patients with key conditions than hospitals in areas that lean heavily on home...
After acquiring NJ properties from Genesis, Complete Care gets hit with labor board complaints
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2021
A major union announced Tuesday it had filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Complete Care Management over concerns about how the company is spending supplemental Medicaid funding...