Study highlights nurses’ sleep challenges during pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 28, 2022
Nurses have lost a lot of sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their sleep problems are closely tied to mental health issues that can affect well-being, a new investigation finds.
Healthcare workers account for at least 20% of COVID-19 cases
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 15, 2020
The number comes from state reports and is likely an underestimation, according to the CDC.
Simple interventions can greatly reduce residents’ falls
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 23, 2019
Fatal falls have nearly tripled among older Americans, and experts are calling for stepped-up prevention measures such as these.
Study: PT following a fall slashes ED visits, opioid use in Medicare recipients
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 26, 2023
ED visits and hospitalizations for new injuries are reduced by half and related opioid use by 39% over six months, a new study reveals. Investigators are urging Medicare to cover annual falls risk screening.
‘New Deal for a new workforce’ urged by top nursing home leader
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2023
The government and providers must invest at an unprecedented level to confront the workforce problems dogging the skilled nursing sector, stressed a speaker at Wednesday’s Sanford Health Summit on the...
‘Exceedingly difficult’ to control COVID inside facilities when virus rages outside, LTC experts...
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 22, 2021
Long-term care operators located in areas of high COVID-19 prevalence are hamstrung when it comes to keeping SARS-CoV-2 infections from infiltrating their facilities, the country’s top long-term care...
AHCA offers ‘wake-up call’ on bed and facility counts: 446,000 residents may be displaced
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 24, 2023
A new report paints a troublesome picture of the US nursing home sector at mid-year, with new facility openings at a standstill, even with the number of beds rapidly declining.