‘Pretty amazing’ story in 2021 nursing home salaries, as pandemic accelerates pay gains
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2021
In labor-challenged market, salary experts say there are few bargains to be had.
Damage to inner ear helps explain increased falls risk in Alzheimer’s
Mar 11, 2022
Study participants who had vestibular impairment — or damage to the inner ear’s balance system — were 50% more likely to fall than their peers who had normal function, researchers found.
Elderly residents are deficient in vitamin D, study says
Feb 06, 2012
Nearly all residents at a German geriatric rehabilitation hospital had insufficient levels of vitamin D, while more than two-thirds had severely deficient levels, a new study has found.
Delegates tackle new aging strategies at White House conference
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 14, 2005
White Conference on Aging delegates spent Tuesday devising ways to implement 50 resolutions they had approved less than 24 hours earlier. The nation’s largest nursing home association reported that...
CMS issues first nursing home staffing rule enforcement guidance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week updated guidance to be used by surveyors weighing nursing homes’ compliance with expanded facility assessment requirements included in the minimum...
Ensign Group buys Brookdale Senior Living facilities
Jun 28, 2017
The Ensign Group announced it had acquired the real estate and operations of two assisted living facilities in Texas and three assisted living facilities in Wisconsin, all of which had been operated by...
X-ray exec who targeted nursing homes is sentenced in $3.7 million fraud case
By
Joe Bush
Oct 03, 2022
A man who charged Medicare and Medicaid for X-rays he had not taken of people who had died has been sentenced to 15 years in jail and ordered to pay almost $2 million in restitution.
Ben Franklin and me
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 01, 2021
So apparently, Benjamin Franklin had gout. I mention this because apparently I do, too. Of all the things we could have had in common, this wouldn’t have been my top choice.
Happy Long-Term Care Day!
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 17, 2017
I had a birthday recently. OK, more than just recently. Tuesday. My long-term care colleagues were kind, supportive and treated me to an exquisite lunch. But the rest I’ve had to deal with on my...