Overall number of clinicians in nursing homes nearly doubles
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2022
Nursing home operators have not only admitted an increasingly frail number of patients, they’ve also hired a correspondingly larger pool of clinicians to treat them, according to a decade-long research...
Seniors with coronavirus may seem ‘off’
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2020
Seniors do not display the same symptoms of the novel coronavirus as others who have it, doctors have found.
CDC stresses symptoms do not always show with COVID
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
Because so many people can have COVID-19 and not show symptoms, operators should implement a transmission-prevention strategy when they discover a single case, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
CMS to update preadmission resident screening demands
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services disclosed in February that it is in the process of revising the Preadmission Screening and Resident Review regulations. It would be the rule’s first major...
Providers are not reporting all falls on the MDS: study
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 02, 2020
A new study suggests that nursing home providers could be vastly underreporting major-injury falls in the Minimum Data Set, which the Nursing Home Compare website uses to report nursing home performance.
Study: Move-in crucial time to lower resident suicide risk
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 01, 2019
A series of new studies has found that suicide in long-term care is an all-too-real concern, but it’s not one without opportunities for intervention.
Test helps predict returns to hospital after heart attack
By
Colleen DeHart
Jun 06, 2019
A quick test performed before elderly heart attack patients leave the hospital can help predict whether they may need to be readmitted within 30 days, researchers found. The Timed Up and Go test evaluates...
Hospital-to-SNF transitions often messy
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
Two new reports add to growing evidence that the transition from hospital to skilled nursing facility is less than ideal.
High pain levels, impaired memory linked
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 25, 2018
A long-term study of seniors with pain found those who reported the highest levels of pain were more likely to develop cognitive impairment than those with lower levels.
No sweat OK: Stretching can improve blood flow, walking
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
Light stretching performed as little as 20 times over a month can make a big difference in quality of life for elderly people with low mobility, a study from Florida State University has found. That makes...