Despite PPE, healthcare workers face greater risk of positive COVID-19 test
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 04, 2020
Frontline providers with access to “adequate” personal protective equipment are three times more likely to test positive for the coronavirus than the general public. The rate rises to fivefold among...
Longtime nurse retires after 54 years with Alabama SNF
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 08, 2020
After spending 54 years with the same Alabama skilled nursing facility, clinical services director Jewell Garrett is getting ready to close the page on the latest chapter in her life.
Watchdog faults state for failing to reinvest penalty dollars back into SNF care
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 13, 2019
A new investigation by a federal watchdog finds that one state is not doing enough to expend penalty dollars that it’s collecting from nursing homes.
OMB: Obama-era regulations save the U.S. big money
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 28, 2018
The White House quietly reported last week that the kinds of regulations President Donald Trump has targeted for elimination actually saved the government 12 times as much as they cost.
Ask the Care Expert about … fluids for UTIs
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 06, 2017
Some of my nurses believe that one way to assist with some UTI treatments is to increase fluids. What is your thought on increasing them?
We need to have a talk
By
John O'Connor
Sep 05, 2016
Some necessary conversations tend to be awkward and uncomfortable.
OIG to tackle skilled nursing payments, avoidable hospitalizations in FY 2016
By
Jun 08, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General will dig into Medicare requirements for skilled nursing care coverage during the remainder of fiscal year 2016, according to a new...
Registration underway for McKnight’s 10th Annual Online Expo
Jan 20, 2016
McKnight’s Online Expo is back for its 10th year, bigger and better than ever. The profession’s virtual trade show will take place March 29-30 with six sessions and an exhibit hall that still...
A not-so-joyful noise
By
Gary Tetz
May 01, 2013
I’m sure you remember the old joke: “Why are nursing homes so noisy? Because we forget people actually live there.” Oh sorry, that’s not a joke. My mistake.
Congress told: pharmacy distribution reform severely needed
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 14, 2017
The president and CEO of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition warned the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Wednesday that pharmacy benefits managers are bad for business, for both consumers...