Skilled nursing facilities are facing some of the biggest challenges in their history as they struggle to recruit, rebuild and fortify their challenged workforces.
A light in the darkness: Swati Gaur, MD, medical director
By
Kimberly Hartley
Nov 11, 2022
Swati Gaur, AMDA’s 2022 Medical Director of the Year, understands the power or medicine and the power of care – for others and for self.
MDS surprises fill new draft
By
Joe Bush
Oct 07, 2022
Long-term care facilities, staff and more than half the states should prepare immediately for changes to the Minimum Data Set, experts said in early September.
Ask the Nursing Expert
By
Amy Stewart
Oct 07, 2022
Q: If we meet state-level staffing minimums, will we have sufficient staff under F725, Sufficient Nursing Staff?
Ask the Legal Expert
By
Norris Cunningham
Oct 07, 2022
Q: What is a skilled nursing facility to do when a resident doesn’t want to be cared for by a person of another race?
Pressure injuries found in 11% of SNF stroke rehab patients
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2022
Eleven percent of older patients have pressure injuries when admitted to SNFs for post-acute stroke rehabilitation, a new study has found.
Ask the Care Expert
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Oct 07, 2022
Q: I am a DON with a census of 118. I have two MDS coordinators and no other leadership. It’s affecting resident outcomes. What can I do?
A great way to improve LTC. But can it happen?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 07, 2022
Welcome to hub-based long-term care. It’s not a reality yet, but it might be in the near future, if some of the field’s deepest thinkers have their way.
Things I Think: Save enough to get back home
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 07, 2022
I wanted so badly to keep going, to devote everything I had to my mission that day, and I felt like a complete failure when I turned around.
Mobile app effectively screens LTC residents for skin cancer
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 07, 2022
A virtual screening tool is helping detect skin cancer among nursing home residents, according to a pilot study conducted by researchers at Stanford University.