The idea of consistent assignment and staff retention is central to a key new report on employment and elder care.
Study: Intense therapy in post-acute facilities created shorter stays
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Haymarket Media
Nov 03, 2004
Higher intensity physical, speech and occupational therapy created better, cheaper outcomes for stroke, orthopedic and heart patients, according to a recent study. Records of nearly 7,000 residents from...
Revamp of interview process helping VA nurse retention
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 11, 2019
In the midst of a severe nursing shortage, one Veterans Affairs Medical Center has taken a series of steps in overhauling its interview process, and with it has cut nurse turnover rates by more than half....
Study: Many Canadian-educated RNs prefer to work in U.S.
May 15, 2009
Canada, like much of the rest of the world, is already facing a nursing shortage. But instead of staying, many recently graduated baccalaureate-level registered nurses (RNs) are leaving to work in the...
The inevitable is here
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 09, 2018
Staffing is inadequate and erratic at many of the nation’s nursing homes?
How to talk with your hospital about LOS
By
Shawn Scott
Sep 26, 2016
It’s no secret: With the now greater prevalence of bundled payments, hospitals are looking to PAC providers to help lower costs by shortening a patient’s length of stay (LOS).
Adopting living wage would benefit industry, study finds
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Amy Novotney
Nov 01, 2020
Increasing direct care workers’ pay to a living wage would not only raise their total wages by $9.4 billion by 2022, it would also lead to several benefits for operators, including less staff shortages...
Direct care workers would see a $9.4B pay increase with adoption of living wage: industry study
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Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2020
Increasing direct care workers’ pay to a living wage would not only raise their total wages by $9.4 billion by 2022, it would also come with a set of benefits for operators, which includes less staff...
CMS: No changes imminent to staffing formula for Five-Star rating
Mar 10, 2009
Federal health officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services say they are considering tweaking their new Five-Star nursing home ranking system, but altering the way staffing is graded will...
When two midnights doesn’t equal three days
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Carol Levine
Sep 23, 2013
Hospital observation stays have been increasing, as have Medicare auditors’ denial of claims related to short inpatient stays on the basis that they should have been counted as observation stays....