June 2012
A new rise in healthcare jobs is good news for executives in senior care, an expert told McKnight's.
A nursing home survey expert gave providers a tip sheet to the most common deficiencies — and how to avoid them — in the first ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News was named the Gold Award winner for Best News Coverage in the annual ASHPE Awards. The top honor — McKnight's 12th ...
Long-term care providers face negative perceptions and should focus on quality measurements to combat unfair portrayals, association executives said in May.
A new U.S. Food and Drug Administration analysis raises questions about long-term effectiveness among women of the widely prescribed osteoporosis drugs known as bisphosphonates.
Strawberry and blueberry consumption has been linked to slower rates of memory loss.
Nearly one-fourth of U.S. nursing homes are giving residents more antipsychotic drugs than federal guidelines recommend, a Boston Globe analysis says.
Skilled nursing operators are among the many providers waiting — and worrying — about whether the U.S. Supreme Court will scrap the healthcare reform law ...
Consumer advocates in Kansas are concerned about a series of decisions by Gov. Sam Brownback (R) to appoint nursing home industry veterans to high-level Department ...
Eco-friendly infection control practices are catching on in long-term care. Their pursuit is beneficial for the environment and residents alike.
Time has taught therapists much about helping bariatric patients. Special routines, equipment and care strategies have evolved to improve care.
With all the work going on around integrated care and managed care for dual eligibles, we're trying to show the potential with models integrating supportive ...
Having been a director of nursing before, during and after OBRA, I can tell you, "We have come a long way, baby." The best document ...
Age difference is likely the reason for women being more apt than men to become nursing home residents, new research indicates.
I am definitely a proponent of education for treatment nurses. Continuing education is significantly important to all of us in long-term care, but especially for ...
As wound care treatment costs continue to escalate, an unprecedented effort is underway to learn more about the ways wounds develop and can be best ...
The National Alliance of Wound Care has announced the launch of a new publication, the Wound Care Advisor.
I learned how to write the Plan of Correction from a more seasoned director of nursing colleague of mine. Odds are there is somebody you ...
As the number of people who choose nursing homes for end-of-life care continues to rise, more quality measures are needed to help consumers judge performance, ...
While most U.S. nursing homes have adequate written plans for managing natural disasters, many have significant gaps in preparedness and response, a government report finds.
We have an outside food management company and lately, frankly, they've done a lousy job. We're thinking about suing them — good idea or bad ...
In another strike against the traditional nursing home census base, a federal judge in Maine has approved a class-action lawsuit settlement that lets those with ...
The Internal Revenue Service is attempting to recoup $8 million from a convicted former Rhode Island nursing home executive, signaling a warning to providers that ...
Harvard's endowment has been famous for investing to generate enormous gains. From 1990 to 2005, the investment returns averaged 15% per year, growing the assets ...
For the first time in years, I have dirt under my nails. No, I'm not confessing a personal hygiene problem. I've simply become a gardener. ...
Developers of the Households at Levindale show they knew how to see things differently when designing their skilled nursing facility.
Since 1995, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has used controlled sub-atmospheric pressure to remove fluids and infectious materials from a wound while stimulating the formation ...
Administrator Leslie Pedtke considers herself just another visitor when she goes to work each day in Aviston, IL. Her workplace, Aviston Countryside Manor, is her ...
Prior to adopting McKesson's Mobile Manager, Bob Lassen, the clinical director of pharmacies for Five Star Senior Living, says he and other pharmacists at the company ...
Long-term care operators are increasing their commitment to gathering, storing, accessing and analyzing data. But many firms fail to harness that data in ways that ...
The high number of single baby boomers could put stress on long-term care resources, new research suggests.
Moody's Investors Service upgraded Sabra Health Care REIT in mid-April after the long-term care landlord posting its second-best performance in the first quarter, with a ...
Company Briefs for June 2012
I recently had the pleasure and privilege of moderating an industry panel that focused largely on operators' main concerns.
Do you and your colleagues do good work? Of course you do. But why is that? You care for your residents. Check. You care about ...
"What professional development steps have been helpful to you and your staff?"
Robin Arnicar has been on an accelerated life plan. By age 6, she knew she wanted to be a nurse. By 17, she had started ...
