A.G. Rhodes openly sharing the path to the future of long-term care via its $37.5M ‘household’ renovation
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 17, 2024
After nearly a decade of planning, fundraising and a $37.5 million construction and renovation project, Atlanta-based provider AG Rhodes officially opened its new 72-bed “household-model” building...
States getting creative to cut into nursing home survey backlogs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2024
Amid nationwide concern about nursing home survey backlogs, one state is tapping into its COVID-19 funding to help jumpstart a recovery.
Pittsburgh nursing homes under fire may close if bankruptcy sale is blocked
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 12, 2024
A group of four nursing homes could face permanent closure if approval for a pending sale is denied. The facilities’ owners have already found a buyer as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization,...
The Northwoods, summer reflections and the ICD-10 connection
By
Joel VanEaton
Jun 11, 2024
When I was 11 and 12 years old, my older brother and I spent two summers with my grandparents, who lived on a lake in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. It was spectacular. They owned 10 acres of undeveloped,...
Ask the legal expert … about drug diversion
By
Norris Cunningham
Jun 07, 2024
Is it true that high turnover among nurses increases the risk of drug diversion?
Hip fracture surgery extended life in people with dementia, study shows
By
Kristen Fischer
May 30, 2024
People living with dementia who had hip fractures treated with surgery lived longer than those who didn’t have surgery, a new study finds.
Senate repeal of nursing home staffing rule has ‘significant chance of passing’
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 11, 2024
Momentum continues to build behind resolutions that would repeal the federal nursing home staffing mandate in both houses of Congress. The Senate repeal now appears likely to pass, according to reporting...
The saddle in the garage
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 07, 2024
For decades after his last ride, it rested on a sawhorse in a darkened corner of my father’s garage — his favorite Western saddle.
Real estate ownership, clinical prowess fuel growth at Touchstone Communities
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2024
For the eight years that she led operations at Diversicare, Leslie Campbell was all-too-aware of the impact triple-net leases and rent escalation had on the public company’s facilities.
Workforce dip in May reignites nursing home worries about caregiver supply
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2024
The number of workers in skilled nursing facilities declined in May, according to federal data published Friday. That stops a months-long positive trend for the sector.