From “nana” to “ninja”: safe martial arts training can reduce damage from falls
Apr 26, 2010
They may never have the skills of Bruce Lee, but seniors with osteoporosis can use martial arts training to learn to fall more safely, researchers say.
Long-term care providers to pilot new teamwork training protocol
By
Ashley Carman
Jul 19, 2013
A Medicare quality improvement organization is looking for long-term care providers to pilot its new teamwork training program, TeamSTEPPS. According to the program’s website, it aims to optimize...
Redilearning launches new corporate website
Nov 07, 2012
Using exclusive video content to integrate personal and professional viewpoints of senior care experts with its signature Blended Learning Approach, Redilearning’s new website is intended to identify...
Provide employee respite care, watch staff turnover rates drop
By
Michelle Seitzer
Dec 06, 2011
Just a year and a half later and I was done. Even for two weeks after the fact, I was numb – completely drained of emotion, lethargic, and avoiding interaction with others. Burnout.
Senate Committee on Aging, PHI to hold briefing on training standards for personal care aides
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 21, 2012
Personal care aides will get a high-powered focus Monday, when the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) host a briefing on training standards. “Training...
Regulators to start conference-call series to teach new nursing home payment system
Jun 04, 2010
Providers with questions about the new nursing home payment system will be able to take part in a series of three training conference calls, beginning later this month, an official with the Centers for...
MDS 3.0 training to start next week — for nursing home teachers
Apr 08, 2010
Doubling the opportunity to take part in the nation’s first “Train-the-Trainer” conference for the new MDS 3.0 nursing home assessment tool was not enough. Federal regulators are now...
Ask the Nursing Expert about … staff competencies
By
Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Nov 06, 2017
Is it true that during new survey process, surveyors will ask staff nurses and nursing assistants about their competencies, with questions such as, “Do you receive periodic evaluations on your skills,...
How to make your nursing facility RAC-ready
By
Bryan Baird
Nov 08, 2011
As skilled nursing facilities adjust to the changes to Medicare that arrived early last month, they must be ready for Recovery Audit Contractors. RACs are independent auditors for the government that are...