New role for nursing home compliance officers: documenting care
Apr 22, 2008
Because new Medicare reimbursement policies are focusing on quality of care at nursing homes, compliance officers will have a greater role in ensuring accurate documentation of care, one medical official...
Committee OKs legislation that would increase number of foreign-educated nurses in nursing homes
Aug 05, 2008
Nursing-home providers this week expressed approval for legislation recently approved by a House committee that would increase the number of foreign-educated nurses in the U.S.
Lawmakers want quick approval for nursing home TV conversion coupons
Jun 11, 2008
Fifteen U.S. senators are urging the agency in charge of the nation’s digital TV transition to fast-track a rule that would help nursing home residents and others who live in care homes to obtain...
CMS issues warning about Clarcon hand sanitizer products
Jun 22, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is warning healthcare workers to avoid using skin-sanitizing products manufactured by Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory.
New infection control guidelines released; MRSA, c. Diff and urinary tract infections figure prominently
Oct 10, 2008
Many of the nation’s most prominent infection-control groups on Wednesday released a new set of “consensus” guidelines to help curb the spread of six potentially fatal facility-acquired...
Black residents more likely to be hospitalized, researchers say
Jan 16, 2008
Black nursing home residents are one-third more likely to be hospitalized than their white counterparts, according to university researchers who analyzed data on more than 500,000 residents and 9,000 facilities...
Koren to lead Advancing Excellence campaign
Feb 06, 2008
Mary Jane Koren, MD, MPH, has been elected steering committee chair of the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes campaign for 2008. Currently assistant vice president of the Commonwealth...
Study finds home healthcare settings have many unsafe conditions
Mar 06, 2009
A recent study has identified a number of hazardous conditions found in home healthcare settings–conditions that are of special concern to both the elderly and their caretakers.
Whitman remains bullish on market
Mar 06, 2008
Arnold Whitman offered simple advice to operators concerned about turmoil in the seniors housing and care field: deliver the best possible care.
Nurses, staff should receive MRSA screenings, researchers say
Apr 23, 2008
Leaders of healthcare facilities should seriously consider having staff members screened for MRSA, the drug-resistant infection that can wreak havoc on senior populations, Swiss and South African researchers...