National Nursing Home Week: Mardi Gras for residents
By
Liza Berger
May 13, 2009
Today, residents at Saint Anne Nursing & Rehabilitation Center are “Dancing With the Stars.” Yesterday, they received facials and foot rubs for “Pajama Day.” Tomorrow (Thursday) they will be partaking...
Finally, a seat at the table
By
Liza Berger
Apr 08, 2020
Senior care providers, this is your time. Help healthcare get its act together.
Living a dream: the write stuff
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2011
Not everybody can say they got their wish before they died. Jackie Edgar did.
Analysis: Lessons learned from a pandemic
By
Liza Berger
Jul 01, 2020
How long-term care providers have used COVID-19 as a bridge to improve operations.
Infection Control Feature — Under attack
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2007
With contagions becoming more prevalent in facilities,
a strong prevention program can be the best defense.
Bethel Pointe wins Tech Awards Gold with platform that improves collaboration
By
Liza Berger
Oct 09, 2019
Its efforts to improve collaboration with post-acute providers helped Bethel Pointe, a skilled nursing facility in Muncie, IN, win Gold in the Safety category in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology...
A taxing situation
By
Liza Berger
Feb 27, 2008
There are a couple of hot-button government rules that are churning up a lot of discussion in skilled nursing circles these days. These rules involve two funding mechanisms – provider taxes and intergovernmental...
New York reportedly allows COVID-19-positive staff to continue working in nursing home
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
New York’s Health Department signed off on a move to allow nursing home nurses and other staff who tested positive for COVID-19 to continue caring for residents with the virus, according to a news report.
Cha-ching
By
Liza Berger
Apr 09, 2008
Long-term care residents soon may be in the money, and they can thank President Bush for it. In case you haven’t heard (or read the McKnight’s online story on April 8), those who receive Social Security,...
Doctors seek more prescribing guidance on Paxlovid
By
Liza Berger
Jul 12, 2022
As access to Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill widens, doctors remain concerned about how to prescribe it for high-risk patients.