New Jewish Home appoints Mundy and Abrams as nursing home administrators
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 15, 2020
The New Jewish Home, a comprehensive healthcare system serving older New Yorkers, has appointed new administrators at two of its two skilled nursing facilities. Sandra Mundy, a nursing home administrator...
A resolution to serve physical and mental health
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jan 14, 2020
With new options for plant-based foods proliferating, 2020 is a great time to assess your facility’s menu with the dietary and food service departments to consider substitutions and alternatives.
MDS proposal cuts Section G
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 05, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services surprised providers at the end of 2019 when they presented a first draft of the 2020 MDS item sets.
Shortage of nurses expected to worsen, new survey finds
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 05, 2020
About 20% of registered nurses are planning to retire within the next five years, a move that may worsen nurse staffing shortages, according to the 2019 AMN Survey of Registered Nurses.
Does your nursing home have room to improve? Consider a Civil Monetary Penalty Grant program
By
Peg Tobin
Jan 03, 2020
Could this be your facility or one that you know? A marketing consultant visited a skilled nursing facility recently and was set back by the response she received. This was her experience: “To get inside,...
Providers underreporting major injury falls on MDS, study suggests
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 02, 2020
Falls data used by the Nursing Home Compare website “may be highly inaccurate,” says researchers whose new study suggests that providers could be underreporting major-injury falls.
The importance of recognizing and treating depression in cardiac residents at skilled nursing facilities
By
Tiney Ray, Ph.D., DNP, FNP-BC
Jan 02, 2020
Acute cardiac events, such as heart failure, affect over 2 million individuals in the United States each year, with over half of these individuals being over the age of 65. Annually, cardiac events cause...
Top long-term care stories of 2019
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 22, 2019
The Patient Driven Payment Model was THE story of 2019, but it wasn’t the only big topic captivating readers’ interest. Here are some of the biggest.
Section G removed in new draft version of 2020 MDS item sets
By
Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Dec 22, 2019
Experts and providers currently are evaluating the latest draft version of the 2020 MDS item sets (v1.18.0) following an unexpected announcement Friday from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
BREAKING: CMS posts draft version of 2020 MDS item sets; Section G removed
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 20, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services disclosed Friday that it has posted a new draft version of the 2020 MDS item sets (v1.18.0), taking many providers by surprise.