Serial testing lowers COVID-19 case counts in nursing facilities, CDC finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 02, 2020
Symptom-based screening doesn’t effectively control COVID-19. Instead, repeated point prevalence surveys and robust infection prevention support lowered case counts in one city’s facilities.
Providers still can’t limit surveyor access or ask for proof of COVID vaccination, CMS says
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 15, 2021
Long-term care facilities are not allowed to restrict access to surveyors based on their vaccination status or ask them for proof of vaccination as a condition of entry, according to updated guidance from...
ANA: ‘zero tolerance’ for bullies at work
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Nov 05, 2015
A leading long-term care nurses group is praising the American Nurses Association’s new “zero tolerance” policy regarding violence and bullying in healthcare workplaces.
Falls and chronic conditions beget more falls, Medicare survey data show
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 12, 2021
Older people who report at least one fall are twice as likely to have another fall in the same year, and chronic conditions raise the risk even higher, a new review shows.
Survey shows how much long-term care costs continue to climb
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 29, 2016
The cost of a private nursing home room became $92,376 annually ($7,698 per month), while a semi-private room climbed to $82,128 annually ($6,844 per month), according to Genworth’s 13th annual Cost...
Nonprofit providers bear burden of more frequent compliance audits, survey finds
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 13, 2012
Nonprofit healthcare providers are disproportionately targeted by outside compliance audits when compared to their for-profit counterparts, a new report asserts.
Survey: People would take accept shorter life for better quality at end
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Haymarket Media
May 21, 2004
In a survey of 104 people, 75% said they would take off seven months, on average, of healthy life in exchange for better quality of life in their final months, according to a study in the journal Medical...
End-of-life spiritual satisfaction could lead patients to choose hospice care, study finds
Dec 21, 2009
Patients nearing death are much more likely to opt for hospice care—forgoing aggressive life-prolonging treatment—if they feel they’ve made their peace with God, a new study shows.
Federal studies suggest number of uninsured has been inflated
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Haymarket Media
Apr 28, 2005
Studies, which some believe could greatly impact future Medicaid budgeting decisions, found that the number of Americans without health coverage may be overstated by as much as 20%.
Report: CCRCs keeping high occupancy, expanding services
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Haymarket Media
Apr 05, 2005
Median occupancy rates for continuing care retirement communities (92.2%) beat those for skilled nursing (92.2%) and assisted living facilities (91.7%), according to a study of CCRCs released Monday in...