No taste like home: Iowa group provides weekly meals for nursing facility’s workers
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Danielle Brown
May 05, 2022
An Iowa group is making sure nearby nursing facility workers always have a taste of home while on the job each weekend.
Kindness still blooming as NY florist spreads flower-giving campaign
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Danielle Brown
Jan 27, 2022
Even though spring isn’t here yet, a New York florist wants nursing home residents to know that compassion is always in season.
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Ensign completes REIT formation
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Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2022
The Ensign Group has officially established its new captive real estate investment trust, Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, executives announced Thursday.
East Coast operator leads more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients to recovery
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Danielle Brown
Jun 29, 2020
Training staff and quickly adapting to new coronavirus guidance from the federal government have been instrumental for CareOne’s success in treating and recovering more than 3,000 of patients during...
Stained glass brightens Minnesota facility
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Danielle Brown
Feb 03, 2022
Salvaged stained glass windows from a now-closed nursing home have helped transform a Minnesota facility’s chapel 14 miles away.
Coronavirus session added to next week’s McKnight’s Online Expo
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Danielle Brown
Mar 13, 2020
Due to high interest and the fluid situation of the global pandemic involving the coronavirus, organizers have added a webinar outlining best practices for weathering the historic outbreak to next week’s...
CNA staffing, turnover will be a top focus, federal official vows
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Danielle Brown
Oct 21, 2020
Turnover among certified nursing assistants at long-term care facilities will be a top priority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services going forward, a top agency official pledged Tuesday.
CMS giving $165M more in Medicaid funding for home- and community-based care
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Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2020
The federal government is providing $165 million in supplemental funding to states for a longstanding Medicaid program designed to transition seniors from nursing homes and other institutions and into...
Some holiday fun: Nursing home residents go ‘deer hunting’ in viral Facebook video
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Danielle Brown
Dec 09, 2020
A group of Ohio nursing home residents got a jump on deer hunting season, and this year, staff members were their prey.