Nursing home aide absenteeism, poor quality indicator scores linked in analysis
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 07, 2014
Nursing homes with high rates of aides calling off have lower quality ratings, a recent report finds.
Direct-care workers to be focus of summit examining best practices, research and policy
May 20, 2011
It’s said approximately 90% of direct long-term care is performed by aides, and it is that category of worker that will be highlighted at a daylong summit Thursday in the nation’s capital....
Long-term care leaders criticize Washington Post article on reimbursements
Mar 31, 2010
A recent Washington Post analysis of the use of “ultra-high” reimbursement categories for nursing homes “paints a negative, incomplete picture of the growing role and tangible benefits...
OIG calls its healthcare suggestions ‘priority recommendations’
Mar 31, 2010
The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services has released a report highlighting recommendations, including some that could affect nursing homes.