Sabra CEO believes industry’s headwinds are in the rearview; expects ‘quiet’ year as it closes...
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 26, 2019
An industry leader noted some “tangible” reasons for optimism in skilled nursing Monday, including a demographic uptick with the aging population.
Supreme Court declines to hear Kindred arbitration case for the second time
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 11, 2018
A dispute between over a Kindred arbitration case has likely come to the end of the road, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review the case for a second round.
‘Alarm fatigue’ cited as reason for resident death
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 13, 2018
Ignoring alarms led to the death of a skilled nursing facility resident on a ventilator, according to the trial of three New York healthcare professionals that began this week.
Study cautions SNFs and other stakeholders: Readmissions more likely with for-profit hospitals
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 20, 2018
Patients receiving care at a for-profit hospital are much more likely to be readmitted to that institution than if they received care elsewhere, a new study finds.
Residents receive roast accidentally seasoned with toxic hand cleaner
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 22, 2018
Residents at one Canadian nursing home were recently served roast beef seasoned with toxic hand sanitizer.
Industry ‘headwinds’ sink average SNF bed price to $77K: Report
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 10, 2019
The price paid per bed for skilled nursing facilities continued to dip last year, though not as precipitously as 2017, according to a new analysis.
Nursing home a regular ‘animal house’
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 10, 2018
One Louisiana skilled nursing facility has become a regular animal house, though it’s not populated by frat boys and sorority sisters.
Long-term care financing reform may be on tap for new Congress, aging expert says
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 27, 2018
House Democrats, flush with victory from the midterm elections, may explore financing reform in long-term care, a prominent Forbes columnist said Monday.
Former nursing home staffer charged with manslaughter after ignoring facility’s lift protocols
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 25, 2018
A former aide at one Minnesota nursing home has been charged with manslaughter, after shirking the facility’s lift procedures.
Identical names led nursing home to misinform family of resident’s death
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 07, 2018
An identity mix-up at a Texas skilled nursing facility led to a nurse telling the wrong family that their loved one had died, according to local reports.