The National Labor Relations Board is hitting a nursing home operator for “unlawfully” suspending a merit-based raise program.
Nurses ask feds to invoke Defense Production Act for N95 masks; survey finds ‘unacceptable’ reuse...
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 04, 2020
One in three nurses remain short on supplies, an ANA survey has found. “Re-use and decontamination of single-use PPE as the ‘new normal’ is unacceptable, given the lack of standards and evidence...
Center takes advantage of IT to showcase new innovations
By
John O'Connor
Jun 01, 2011
There’s a new attraction in Washington: Kaiser Permanente just opened a Center for Total Health. Company officials said the complex will showcase healthcare innovation via state-of-the-art technology....
Telehealth, technology providers and insurers offer range of services in wake of coronavirus
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 10, 2020
As the novel coronavirus spread to at least 35 states this week, healthcare vendors and insurers scrambled to help skilled nursing providers prepare for a battle against potentially fatal respiratory infections. ...
A place to look for help
Jan 03, 2012
Robert C. Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Optimus EMR Inc.
Hearing loss may take ‘enormous’ toll on elders’ quality of life, study says
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 20, 2019
Hearing loss is linked to significant mental, physical and social ailments in seniors, especially memory loss, a large new study has found.
Supervisor let resident die, covered it up, state charges
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2014
A nursing home supervisor in New York allegedly failed to administer CPR or direct staff members to do so, criminally allowing a resident to die, the state attorney general’s office has charged.
MN facility defended rapist on staff, legal documents charge
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 25, 2014
As part of a generally mishandled response after an aide raped a resident, a director at a Minnesota senior living facility defended the rapist and tarred the victim as a “flirt,” according...
CompanyBriefs
Aug 01, 2013
» Chris Bauleke is the new CEO at Healthland Inc., the company announced at the end of June. Bauleke was previously president of RelayHealth Enterprise Intelligence at McKesson.
Video chats trim aggression for residents with dementia
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 06, 2016
Video chatting with relatives over the internet may reduce the risk of nursing home residents with dementia becoming agitated or aggressive, according to research out of Monash University in Australia.