Group eyes nationwide rollout of nursing home quality improvement program
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 25, 2024
A new program improves the quality of care and lowers avoidable hospitalizations in Missouri nursing homes. The program has worked so well that policymakers are trying to expand it to every state.
Research uncovers racial disparities in hospice discharge outcomes
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 20, 2024
When Black patients leave hospice care alive, they have a higher risk for being admitted to a hospital, according to a study published on May 16 in JAMA Network Open.
Study: Discharging COVID-positive patients into SNFs from hospitals raised cases, deaths in early pandemic
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 03, 2024
There were more preventable cases and deaths when older adults who were treated at hospitals for COVID-19 were transferred to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) accepting positive patients compared to facilities...
Nurse staffing shortages linked to 10 percent jump in resident deaths
By
Alicia Lasek
May 09, 2023
Self-reported nurse staffing shortages in US nursing homes are linked to less care per resident and a 10.5% increase in resident deaths, a new study has found.
Online platforms that let nurses pick and choose which facilities they work for are an effort to combat the nursing shortage. The platforms, however, have benefits and disadvantages for all parties involved...
CNAs cite staffing shortage as biggest on-the-job challenge: survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 07, 2022
“This survey reveals not only that CNAs are burned out and frustrated, but also that the CNA staffing shortage itself is posing the greatest challenge to their work right now,” NAHCA CEO Lori Porter...
Report: Nursing homes’ reliance on agency staffing during pandemic resulted in hits to bottom lines
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 03, 2023
It’s no secret that nursing homes dealt with challenges in staffing from COVID-19. A study released last week in JAMA Network Open aimed to better understand how nursing home administrators thought about...
Staff turnover hurting nurse-physician communication, study finds
By
Danielle Brown
May 05, 2022
Ongoing staffing shortages in nursing homes are making it difficult for nurses to communicate and efficiently share changes in conditions for residents, a new study has found.
The nation’s nursing homes are heading into the toughest days of the COVID-19 outbreak both underequipped and understaffed, according to results of a McKnight’s Long-Term Care News flash survey.
Program pairs nursing students with long-term care facilities to address staffing crisis
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2021
Long-term care providers EmpRes Healthcare and Pennant Healthcare are partners in the state-funded externship program with the University of Washington School of Nursing.