September 2008 29 9 Issue of McKnight's Long Term Care News

Features

Rough waters: rethinking bathing in long-term care

Bathing often remains a humiliating, even terrifying, experience for residents. Caregivers and vendors are responding

A claims game

Providers might not realize how much times have changed. It's a buyer's market when it comes to facility insurance policies

News

A revamped 'forecast' rescues $770 million

Providers cheered a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to trim $770 million from Medicare Part A payments to nursing homes ...

House subcommittee passes arbitration bill

Nursing-home providers continue to lobby against the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, which passed out of the House Judiciary Committee in late July.

Study finds survey system 'broken and can't be fixed'

A leading nursing-home association is calling for an independent panel to come up with new methods for overseeing nursing facilities. The association's task force issued ...

An idea whose time has (finally) come

Like many revolutions, long-term care's recent embrace of technology-based brain fitness tools began quietly. Then it exploded.

Administrators break $85,000 level

DON national median salary reaches $75,000; SNF managers fare better than some others

Leading by example

Open wide and say 'aaah!'

As a general dentist, Kristin Outlan routinely saw dementia patients bussed in to her office from nursing homes and left for hours at a time.

Having my say

Sometimes the real issue is avoiding embarrassment

Embarrassment can be like a riddle, confounding our senses and reason. While the choices might not be so painful as fighting off wild animals, the ...

It's time for the obvious: Raise the retirement age

The impending Social Security crunch is not news to anyone. President Bush tried to address the issue right after his re-election, but without success. Unfortunately, ...