Healthcare staffing firms fill a need for administrators, and allow long-term care nurses a chance to travel or pursue their dream job.
Network participation critical to LTC’s future
By
Betsy Rust
Betsy Rust
May 07, 2015
The finances of running a long-term care facility long have seemed like Monopoly. With each patient, you pass “Go,” you collect $200.
The future of our professions
By
Frank L. Grosso, RPh
Mar 18, 2015
ASCP’s upcoming forum is designed for all post-acute care stakeholders involved in care transitions: consultant pharmacists; health care executives; and managers from long-term care facilities, pharmacy...
How technology can put providers in the Medicaid driver’s seat
By
Steve Grant
Sep 26, 2018
The consequences of the Medicaid headwinds are far-reaching: maintaining and enhancing quality of care is more difficult, and a growing number of facilities are being forced to close down altogether.
An answer to wound care in the senior care community
By
Brian Wallace
Sep 01, 2020
Although telehealth may provide solutions to some pandemic-induced healthcare challenges, due to wound care’s complexities, the solution is not that easy.
Reducing risk with new prescriptions
By
Larry Galluzzo
Dec 08, 2014
A report by the Food and Drug Administration found that individuals aged 65 to 69 years old take nearly 14 prescription medications per day, while individuals aged 80 to 84 take an average of 18 prescription...
Four tips on making smarter purchasing decisions
By
Rich McKeon
Oct 31, 2014
Rising drug costs and declining reimbursements significantly impact profits, and long-term care pharmacies today have to do more with less.
How advancements in continuous remote patient monitoring benefit SNFs
By
Jiang Li
Oct 08, 2018
In an evolving healthcare system, where the setup of the value-based care model is still in transition, one goal remains in place: reduce readmission rates. Hospitals are being incentivized to find new...
The #ActivitiesStrong initiative
By
Charles de Vilmorin
May 11, 2020
Helping older adults find purpose every day is more important than ever in this new world of physical distancing that we are living in. It is heartening to see how frontline staff have shown passion, creativity...
Superbugs in long-term care
By
Gary Milburn, Ph.D.
May 17, 2013
Superbugs threaten ill and compromised patients, particularly those in long-term care settings. They are resistant to most antibiotics and can spread widely within hospitals and long-term care facilities.