Record use of staffing agencies, OT found as largest upswings in occupancy take place: NIC
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Danielle Brown
Apr 19, 2021
Difficulties finding and retaining workers continue to plague long-term care operators more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from the National Investment Center for...
Home health care charges rising faster than nursing homes’
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Danielle Brown
Oct 20, 2019
Charges for home health care services have increased by more than 7% over the past year — nearly four times as fast as the rise for nursing homes, according to a new survey.
Dozens of surveyors sent to nursing homes without being tested for COVID-19
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Danielle Brown
Aug 21, 2020
Dozens of state health inspectors have been sent to survey Minnesota nursing homes’ infection control compliance without first being tested for COVID-19. Critics note this puts already susceptible residents...
Funding for Ohio ombudsman program gets $477K increase
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Danielle Brown
Mar 03, 2020
More eyes soon will be on Ohio providers thanks to an increase in state funding that will help its ombudsman program add more volunteers and increase visits to facilities and residents.
Fall deadline still ‘on’ for some RoP rules
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Danielle Brown
Sep 06, 2019
Though some provisions in phase three of the Requirements of Participation have been delayed for a year, there are still several critical aspects operators need to be prepared for by their November 28...
Nurse salaries rising, but more considering leaving: study
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Danielle Brown
Jun 10, 2022
Long-term care providers’ best strategy for attracting and retaining nurses will have to be paying higher salaries, a staffing expert said after reviewing a new nurse wage survey.
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Mar 19, 2020
Coronavirus vaccine approved for human testing in China … Leadership, staff empowerment identified as keys to retaining nursing assistants, nursing home survey finds … Oklahoma plan would accept block-grant-style...
Nearly three-quarters of facilities in PPE crisis mode
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Danielle Brown
Dec 04, 2020
A large majority of healthcare facilities are reusing or extending the life of personal protective equipment typically meant for single use, according to a national survey by the Association for Professionals...
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care execs expect margins to increase in near future: survey … Supreme Court declines to hear religious challenge to NY’s healthcare worker vaccine mandate … SAGE launches...
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Dec 05, 2019
Most nurses happy with career choice, survey finds … Facility fined $1,300 after fired nurse aide posted Snapchat video of resident … LeadingAge formally announces initiative that looks to foreign-born...