Nursing Staff at continuing care retirement communities continue to enjoy significant pay increases and sign-on bonuses in 2024 — though a slight cooling of pay increases has carried over from 2023,...
Nursing home infection control weaknesses persist, researchers warn
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 16, 2024
Many of nursing homes’ infection prevention and control weaknesses initially exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic still demand additional support and resources, researchers warn in a new JAMDA study.
Reconsider ‘extreme’ expansion of civil monetary penalties: LTC coalition to CMS
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 02, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should withdraw a planned civil monetary penalty expansion, a coalition of leading long-term care organizations argues in a new joint letter to the agency’s...
State basking in lowering its nursing home survey backlog, advances bill to speed up inspection cadence
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 17, 2024
A bill passed last week in Delaware’s state Senate further advances its aggressive push to clear its nursing home survey backlogs and ensure they stay up-to-date in the future.
Building a coveted ‘destination workplace’ requires diverse investments, active listening to staff:...
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 27, 2024
Faced with today’s complex array of financial, staffing and regulatory challenges, senior care operators need to rely on a broad range of solutions, a panel of experts said
SNF staffing challenges need solutions to benefit entire healthcare continuum: experts
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 25, 2024
The hospital backlogs of elderly Medicare and Medicaid patients that spiked sharply in 2020 are likely here to stay unless innovative solutions are implemented in post-acute care and other rehabilitation...
Providers need ‘coherent story’ to combat data misrepresentation in legal cases, public opinion:...
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 10, 2024
Complex data available about long-term care is often intentionally misused against providers — but providers can use that same data to defend themselves from legal challenges and poor public perception,...
Nearly half of PA nursing home operators plan to close or sell at least one facility, signaling worsening...
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 05, 2024
Pressures from high staffing requirements and lagging Medicaid reimbursement rates are reaching a new and concerning peak in Pennsylvania, according to provider surveys published by the largest for-profit...
New staffing specialists seen as opportunity to turn the tide on retention, onboarding
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 06, 2024
Faced with staffing and retention challenges so common in long-term care, a group of 16 nursing homes is trying a fresh approach: hiring an onboarding and retention specialist to manage the employee experience...
Analysis reveals social media, mental health struggles carry devastating implications for the nursing...
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 07, 2024
A two-fold problem is keeping healthcare providers from successfully retaining or attracting new nurses and nurse aides, new data published this week shows.