Education

Happy holidays: 'tis the season for more rehab work

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L December 08, 2011

It's that time of year again, the when our hospitals and nursing facilities start to fill up with patients suffering from new fractures, falls, pneumonia and other cardio-pulmonary diseases. However, have we ever thought to provide additional therapy services to our residents (and their family members) who plan to go out for the holidays?

How to make your nursing facility RAC-ready

Bryan Baird November 08, 2011

As skilled nursing facilities adjust to the changes to Medicare that arrived early last month, they must be ready for Recovery Audit Contractors. RACs are independent auditors for the government that are preparing to audit every facility that has submitted Medicare claims.

CLASS Act gets boost from CBO cost findings

Liza Berger June 29, 2009

Congress to hold off on long-term care reform, financial Web site reports

June 24, 2009

Congress continues to wrestle with healthcare reform. Meanwhile, a Web site for financial advisers reports that legislators are likely to steer clear of long-term care reform because of the potential cost of universal healthcare and other general healthcare reform challenges.

Bill would repay student loans for nurses who earn graduate degrees and then teach

March 16, 2009

Nurses who earn a master's or doctorate degree and then teach full-time at an accredited nursing school would have their student loans paid off under a new bill in the U.S. House. Nurses would be repaid up to $40,000 for a master's degree and up to $80,000 for a doctorate under H.R. 1460.

Nursing homes find mixed bag in Obama's proposed budget

March 02, 2009

Nursing home operators are praising President Obama's proposed 2010 budget for provisions that would help educate and train nurses. But they fear that other parts, including those that call for "bundling" of some Medicare funding for post-acute care, will be harmful. Obama said the goal of bundled payments is to lower hospital readmission rates.

McKnight's Online Expo offers free continuing education units for the first time

James M. Berklan March 01, 2009

In this down-turned economy, when most things seem to be getting more difficult to accomplish or acquire, there is one high-quality endeavor bucking the trend: McKnight's Online Expo.

Nursing home quality coalition heading into overtime

October 23, 2008

The Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes campaign-a nationwide, voluntary quality improvement initiative-celebrated its second birthday this week.

Seniors don't raise many surgical concerns with doctors, study finds

August 01, 2008

Whether or not to undergo a surgical procedure can be a tough call, and most patients come armed with many concerns to talk through with their doctors. But a recent study finds that seniors just aren't asking many of those questions.

Genes cause aging? New research suggests so

July 25, 2008

While no one knows for certain what causes us to age, prevailing wisdom suggests it's a buildup of stresses and the cumulative effects of disease. The surprising results of a recent study, however, say otherwise.