Time to allow visits: Vaccine success supports reopening in long-term care, advocates say
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 26, 2021
State and federal officials are being urged to ease visitation restrictions as COVID-19 vaccinations continue and cases fall among residents.
Nursing home penalties may rise in wake of AARP lawsuit alleging ‘weak’ CMS enforcement, endangered...
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 20, 2021
Nursing home operators should be on high alert for potential rule changes regarding civil monetary penalties after a lawsuit was filed against federal health agencies Sunday that targets a 2017 rule that...
More RNs, smaller facilities called keys to improving nursing homes: report
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 14, 2021
Nursing homes should be mandated to employ more registered nurses and create smaller living communities, say seniors advocates investigating ways to improve the industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 death rate in nursing homes reaches new height since start of pandemic, on track to worsen,...
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 11, 2020
Nursing homes experienced their worst COVID-19 death rate between mid-October and mid-November, with more than 8,400 residents dying from the disease over the four-week period, according to a new analysis...
Now it’s seniors demanding that workers have enough PPE
By
Danielle Brown
May 04, 2020
The demand for sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment for nursing home workers continues to grow. A new survey from AARP revealed that a vast majority of seniors want healthcare workers to...
Not just a nursing home problem: Antipsychotic use increasing in elderly, community-dwelling dementia...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 24, 2018
While regulatory focus has pushed the use of antipsychotics lower in skilled nursing facilities recently, off-label use is rising among dementia patients living in assisted living and other community settings.
With no promise of therapy caps fix, real pain hitting home
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 02, 2018
Long-term care providers who supply therapy weren’t invited to the big party Thursday, but they’re hoping they’ll still have reason to celebrate soon anyway.
Push for therapy caps’ elimination takes on new urgency
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2018
Several therapy associations Thursday called on Congress to permanently end Medicare Part B caps on physical, speech and occupational therapy by adding language to a funding measure expected next week.
Profile: Joseph DeMattos Jr.
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 08, 2018
Joseph DeMattos Jr., President and CEO Health Facilities Association of Maryland
AARP urges lawmakers to exempt Medicare from tax bill cuts
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Dec 11, 2017
One of the nation’s largest senior advocacy groups is warning lawmakers of the “lasting impact” of Medicare cuts that would be potentially included in the GOP’s final tax reform...