Presidential advisers push White House to prioritize patient safety
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 12, 2023
The White House should create a national patient safety team to help reduce high levels of dangerous care in the medical system, presidential advisers recommended on Sept. 8.
Post-acute rehab at SNFs did not improve seniors’ physical function, study finds
By
John Roszkowski
Sep 18, 2023
Older residents, with or without dementia, who underwent physical rehabilitation at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) following hospital discharge did not experience significant improvement in their physical...
Nursing home COVID deaths climb, but vaccinations move slowly upward too
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2023
Deaths of nursing home patients from COVID-19 climbed as vaccination rates hit new lows last month, according to an updated analysis by the AARP Public Policy Institute and the Scripps Gerontology Center.
Nursing home sales a ‘symptom’ of poor quality: researchers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 20, 2023
A new study finds nursing home ownership changes may be a symptom of poor nursing home quality, rather than the cause of it.
Study: Nursing home resident aggression represents widespread concern
By
Donna Shryer
May 06, 2024
In the first large-scale study on resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (RREM) in nursing homes, researchers found a one-month prevalence of all RREM types of 20%.
More than 1,100 organizations urge Congress to pass anti-staffing mandate bill
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 01, 2024
The nation’s two largest long-term care provider associations and more than 1,100 cosigners threw their support behind a federal bill that would block the nursing home staffing mandate proposed in September...
LTC corporate execs get moderate raises, eye-popping bonuses
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 22, 2024
Corporate executives of multi-site long-term care organizations banked an average raise of 3.7% in 2023, according to a new report issued Wednesday.
LTC faces increased staffing churn, shrinking pool of relied-upon workers: study
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 29, 2024
The healthcare sector is experiencing increased worker turnover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic even as employment rates have steadied in many areas of the industry, according to a new JAMA Network...
State staffing minimums provided motive to falsify nursing home records, witness testifies in ‘ghost...
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 28, 2023
A surveyor’s testimony took the spotlight recently in a criminal fraud trial involving leaders of two nursing homes.
Study questions fish oil claims, popularity
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 24, 2023
One in every five adults aged more than 60 years takes fish oil supplements, despite many warnings that they have no benefit for heart health. A new study sheds light on what the product labels say that...