Study supports shifting patients away from SNFs to at-home care
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 14, 2022
Seniors recently discharged from the hospital should consider having skilled-level care at home instead of at a facility, researchers said after a new pilot study found that patients have better experiences...
A new normal: Experts don’t see discharges to SNFs returning to former levels
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 15, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities shouldn’t expect to see discharges return to pre-COVID levels soon thanks to a fundamental shift in how hospitals, health systems and other providers view the post-acute discharge...
For whom does the bell toll? MDS knows
By
Steven Littlehale
Jun 01, 2014
Death is never an easy topic. Hemingway addressed it eloquently in his novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” the title of which was taken from meditations on health, pain and sickness by poet John...