Lesson from site of first US COVID outbreak: Staffing levels, worker support vital
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 14, 2021
Being aware of state staffing regulations and providing support to employees were crucial lessons for leaders at the Washington state nursing home that became the first U.S. site of a COVID-19 outbreak.
CMS vows to move forward with staffing proposal ‘soon’ despite ‘inconclusive’ research
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 30, 2023
Federal officials vowed Tuesday night to issue a nursing home staffing requirement “soon,” despite the premature publication of a federal study that appears to support skilled providers’ objections...
Ratings may factor in satisfaction results
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2009
Federal regulators are meeting with nursing home operators and other key stakeholders to discuss ways that resident and family satisfaction surveys might be factored into the new Five-Star rating system.
Three stars will be the new one star
By
Betsy Rust
Dec 07, 2016
Nursing home operators call it low occupancy. Medicare insiders call it a declining census. Economists call it excess capacity.
Focus on part-time assignments to improve SNF care consistency, researchers advise
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 21, 2022
Nursing homes that prioritize building schedules around part-time workers can significantly improve consistency of care by potentially reducing how many nursing assistants care for each resident.
HCR ManorCare among providers trying to ‘MacGyver’ their way around COVID-19
By
Liza Berger
Mar 31, 2020
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the expression goes. Some nursing homes are taking this idea to heart, implementing unusual and creative steps to compensate for facility and material shortages...
Rural seniors with dementia have longer nursing home stays, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 23, 2020
Rural Medicare recipients with Alzheimer’s and related dementias have longer nursing home stays and shorter survival time following diagnosis than their urban peers, investigators say.
Avalere, ANA release staffing white paper
Nov 24, 2015
The American Nurses Association and Avalere Health LLC have released a white paper focused on staffing.
Short stay ends in $43 million settlement
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 03, 2011
A Kentucky jury handed a local nursing home operator a $43 million settlement bill in connection with a lawsuit alleging that a 92-year-old resident died of neglect after just nine days at the facility.
$322 million ‘rescue’ package for long-term care staffing introduced in Minnesota
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2022
Minnesota state Republicans on Thursday introduced a $322 million package meant to address the staffing challenges facing long-term care, group homes, and home health and other direct care providers.