Data submission for AHRQ SOPS nursing home survey now open … Alzheimer’s Association wants clinicians to share outcomes data on patients receiving new Alzheimer’s drugs and therapies … One in 7...
Ensign Group’s future ‘brighter than ever,’ growth-minded CEO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 03, 2022
After picking up 11 new skilled nursing facilities and restoring occupancy at several others in its extensive holdings, the Ensign Group’s future is “brighter than ever,” CEO Barry Port said on a...
New guidelines tackle controlled substances diversion in healthcare settings
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 02, 2022
The ASHP guidelines can be tailored to the needs of long-term care settings, and aim to help create a culture of awareness and accountability around drug diversion.
Online chair yoga a plus for older adults with dementia: study
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 03, 2022
Remotely supervised chair yoga can help manage physical and psychological symptoms in socially isolated seniors with dementia, investigators have found.
Forgo ‘fleeting conversations’ when changing meds during care transitions, clinicians urged
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 02, 2022
Partnering with patients and families in medication decisions helps avoid the safety and quality pitfalls of disengaged clinical care, researchers contend.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 3
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 03, 2022
Hospital readmission incentives on hold, and ‘no one wins but Medicare’ … $10.3 million settlement sends ‘strong warning’ to employers with vaccine mandates, attorney says … NY Health Department...
Stop-gap licensing waivers offer promise for nurse staffing crisis
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
Maintaining relaxed licensing regulations could be a key way to address the nation’s ongoing nurse staffing crisis and improve access to care, suggests a new Health Affairs study.
CDC: Superbugs have spread beyond the long-term care setting
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 02, 2022
An increase in community-associated multi-drug-resistant infections is troubling, investigators say.
In hot weather, two heart medications hike risk of heart attack
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 02, 2022
Patients who take beta blockers and antiplatelet medications such as aspirin should take precautions during heat waves. They are at elevated risk of heart attack under these conditions, researchers say.
A new study reveals top factors tied to record-setting mortality rates in Canada’s LTC facilities during the early pandemic, and a treatment that boosted survival in severely ill residents.