Construction firm Congress Building Corp. and Consigli Construction recently completed construction of the $60 million White Plains Institute for Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Located in downtown White...
Unexpected Medicaid increase saves 146-year-old nursing home from sale
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2023
For one provider, a final Medicaid rate determination this month made the difference between preserving a 146-year legacy of service and selling to a for-profit buyer.
Acrylic partitions aim to make visits safer for users of wheelchairs, rollators
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2020
An acrylic wheelchair/rollator protection barrier is the latest product from Florida-based SafeguardMyBiz, once best known for its sneeze guards. Designed with nursing home, rehab and assisted living...
Windsor Run breaks ground on LTC building
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 23, 2019
Windsor Run, an Erikson Living retirement community in Matthews, NC, broke ground on its new continuing care neighborhood Oct. 11. The first phase of the building, called Piedmont Overlook, will offer...
Closure of historic nursing home reflects sector’s increasing infrastructure problems
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
An unsuccessful, years-long bid to find a partner willing to finance needed capital improvements or help redevelop a historic nonprofit nursing home in South Boston will lead to its closure this summer.
Survey on healthcare laundry released
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 26, 2020
The TRSA Healthcare Committee has released its 2019 Healthcare Laundry Survey on operations and trends, available for purchase at www.trsa.org/store. The TRSA 2019 Healthcare Laundry Survey was compiled...
Senior care providers get new cyber security guidance
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2018
The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) has developed new research aimed at helping senior healthcare providers better understand cybersecurity threats and mitigate risks.
VA bans use of some wound care injectables after report questions efficacy
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2019
The Department of Veterans Affairs has advised its facilities to avoid some injectable amniotic tissue products used in wound care because of questions about purity and effectiveness. The Wall Street Journal,...
Nursing diversity improves … but slowly
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2015
Though nursing’s ranks are becoming more diverse, there’s still much work to be done to make it reflective of the U.S. population.
Converting antibiotic may help diabetics
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2019
Researchers are studying whether a common antibiotic used to treat everything from acne to urinary tract infections could be converted to a powerful topical treatment for diabetic lower extremity wounds.