Working from his REM Laundry office in Versailles, KY, Mark Moore manages his company’s contract laundry services for nursing homes all over the country through a new cloud-based monitoring and reporting...
CMS plans fraud-tracking system
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Holly Petrovich
May 29, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to launch a new provider website to track enforcement actions against Medicare providers over potentially fraudulent claims, Modern Healthcare reported.
Providers may ‘Yelp’ at review website’s newest feature
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Holly Petrovich
Aug 06, 2015
A new addition to the Yelp website will let consumers examine payment and ratings information about skilled care facilities, The Washington Post reported.
Healthy diets link to enhanced cognitive flexibility: Study
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Holly Petrovich
May 20, 2015
Adults at risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease who ingest more omega-3 fatty acids perform better in cognitive flexibility tests and have bigger anterior cingulate cortices, according to a new...
CA combines 280,000 LTC workers to form largest nationwide union
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Holly Petrovich
Jul 02, 2015
Long-term care workers from 37 counties in California have combined into the largest local union in the country, the Service Employees International Union announced Tuesday.
Tablets help seniors cross the ‘digital divide,’ study shows
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Holly Petrovich
May 28, 2015
Recent research has shown the use of tablet computers among elders has helped them break the barrier of the “digital divide.”
Tablets helping seniors cross ‘digital divide,’ study asserts
By
Holly Petrovich
Jul 06, 2015
Recent research has shown the use of tablet computers among seniors has helped them break the “digital divide” barrier.
Nursing assistant posers steal thousands from NC nursing homes: Police
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Holly Petrovich
Jul 27, 2015
Two North Carolina senior living facilities have turned over surveillance footage of women dressed as nursing assistants and then stealing residents’ jewelry, a local news station reported.
Hospitals need to improve delirium detection, research shows
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Holly Petrovich
Jul 24, 2015
Hospital emergency departments need to improve their delirium detection, according to researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research.
Tempe joins the ‘dementia-friendly’ city project
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Holly Petrovich
Jul 23, 2015
A city in Arizona has been named “Alzheimer’s and dementia-friendly” by the White House, The Arizona Republic reported Tuesday.