Lawmaker calls on CMS to make COVID-19 nursing home data more reliable … Privately owned nursing homes have higher COVID-19 death, infection rates, study finds … Maryland faces heat for lags in nursing...
U.S. invests $1 billion in a vaccine candidate; NIH tests multiple COVID-19 treatments
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 07, 2020
One hundred million doses of the experimental vaccine will be stockpiled. The deal increases the likelihood that the United States will have at least one safe, effective vaccine by 2021, HHS Secretary...
My life on Zoom
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 04, 2020
Well, another week is gone by with another round of Zoom meetings. And I’ll be honest: I’m as confused as a chameleon in a bag of Skittles.
Data Speaks: What is my niche? Data driven decision making
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Joel VanEaton
Aug 03, 2020
When examined strategically, data has a voice, it comes to life, it can in fact speak volumes to you. Data speaks about the care you deliver, it provides insight into your treatment patterns, and data...
Leadership is like bodybuilding: Stretch muscle ‘beyond capability,’ panelist offers
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Liza Berger
Aug 03, 2020
Balancing life and career and moving ahead were two main subjects of “Finding the Secret Sauce,” the opening session of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Forum on Wednesday.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, July 28
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 27, 2020
Eliminating staff ‘cross-traffic’ could have cut nursing home COVID-19 deaths by 44%, researchers find … WHO releases action points for long-term care COVID-19 management … Expanded public/private...
Meet Beth Burnham Mace, Hall of Honor inductee
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2020
Over the past two decades, Beth Burnham Mace’s work has helped turn the senior housing and care sector into a mainstream institutional investment asset class by increasing transparency to a wide range...
Maintaining proper nutrition and hydration on a dysphagia diet
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Susan Norris
Jul 21, 2020
Many of us are able to maintain proper nutrition and hydration by eating enough fruits and vegetables and remembering to drink water. But for the 590 million people worldwide living with dysphagia[i],...
Don’t forget to remember
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jul 21, 2020
So, I’ve been doing a lot of Zoom meetings each week. And working from home … sometimes I forget to put on pants.
Meet Raven Jackson, Rising Star honoree
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2020
Editor’s Note: We are profiling the McKnight’s 2020 Women of Distinction honorees daily through the program’s July 28 online awards ceremony. To register or learn more about this digital celebration,...