The new GG Section of the MDS has been in practice for almost a month — just enough time to see what questions about nursing and therapy departments cooperating still need answering.
The evolution of nursing homes
By
Rockland Berg
Sep 29, 2016
Most new developments with beds for acute care are being built by non-profits that are working to achieve CCRC status, and they are merely setting aside space for the required percentage of skilled nursing...
Let them be invisible no longer
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2021
Much of the news we cover here at McKnight’s isn’t exactly sexy.
State News for June 2018
Jun 08, 2018
CALIFORNIA Judge invalidates Golden State’s aid-in-dying law A judge overturned California’s two-year-old aid-in-dying law in mid-May, and gave the state’s attorney general just five...
Acuity-based staffing: What does it mean?
By
Lance Youles
Mar 29, 2019
Resident acuity is a frequently used term, but the meaning is very evasive and rarely defined. This lack of definition is not by accident, because reimbursement, staffing expenses, and profit drive this...
State News
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 12, 2023
Attorney General Letitia James (won a preliminary injunction that requires a nursing home company accused of committing more than $83 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud to pay for an independent financial...
Vulnerabilities with fire protection and life safety systems
By
Stan Szpytek
Jun 12, 2023
Life safety in skilled nursing facilities that provide care and compassion to some of our nation’s most vulnerable residents is in part based on the presence of sophisticated fire protection and life...
When music works magic
By
Barbara Jacobs
Jul 01, 2008
Dr. Oliver Sacks, Professor of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University, in his current bestselling book, Musicophilia, writes about the amazing therapeutic effects of music on people with...
The evolution of country kitchens in senior housing
By
Michael Chotiner
Jun 12, 2015
The American Institute of Architects’ Design has refined the household model of long-term care facilities to a more home-like setting.
Understanding life care communities vs. CCRCs
By
Troy Cannaday
Mar 10, 2015
I have noticed the way many people interchange “life care communities” with “Continuing Care Retirement Communities.” However, these are two different concepts with distinguishing...