Nurse practitioners improve skilled nursing’s dementia care outcomes, but regulatory barriers remain:...
By
Josh Henreckson
May 13, 2024
Nurse practitioners have become an increasingly integral part of nursing home care over the last decade, and rightfully so, researchers have found. NPs’ involvement can significantly improve end-of-life...
How to centralize patient intake and create faster referrals
By
Katherine Chambers
Jul 05, 2018
Recent data shows more than eight in 10 nursing home administrators don’t electronically exchange information with referring hospitals, doctors or home health agencies.
Physician, pharmacist important players in long-term care cases: study
By
Ashley Carman
Jun 21, 2013
Interdisciplinary teams that include a nursing home resident’s physician and a pharmacist improve quality of care, a new study finds.
Government incentive program encourages nursing home care improvement
By
Ashley Carman
Sep 11, 2013
Nursing homes improve critical care areas, such as fall and rehospitalization rates, when they collaborate with the government in a performance-based incentive program, according to new research.
Warning on staffing minimum: Studying costs won’t matter if pay doesn’t add up
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 30, 2022
Cost analysis will be “an important part” of a final report on federal minimum staffing standards, the head of a national study assured nursing home stakeholders Monday.
Pave the way for all
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 15, 2011
Eye-opening is the only way to describe results of a new study by Brown University researchers into eldercare usage patterns. In brief, they found that minority residents have been entering nursing homes...
High administrator turnover sinks nursing home margins, say researchers who look for regulators to intervene
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 02, 2024
High nursing home administrator turnover is linked to lower operating margins, according to the results of a new study. Compared to facilities with no turnover, facilities with one administrator turnover...
Protein presence in urine predicts risk for cognitive decline
By
Ashley Carman
Sep 03, 2013
The presence of protein in the urine of those with diabetes can signify a risk for cognitive decline, according to a new study.
Nursing homes bury 63 percent of profits in related-party tunnels, but not all play the game: study
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 08, 2024
As much as 63% of nursing home profits in Illinois were hidden from state regulators using related party transactions in 2019, according to the results of a new study from UCLA and Lehigh University researchers.
Of mice and men — and beer
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 25, 2014
Over a beer one day, tipsy researchers decided to study … beer. Now, before you install a keg in every nurses’ station in every memory care unit, you should know that they didn’t exactly...