The average professional spends 28% of the work day reading and answering email, according to a McKinsey analysis. That amounts to 2.6 hours spent and 120 messages received per day for the average full-time worker in America. Add in the fact that up to 75% of email these days comprises spam, junk and advertisements, it’s…
Past research has shown that older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and low performance in attention and executive function are more likely to experience gait slowing, instability and future falls. But a new study with older adults in Taiwan suggests that virtual reality may be able to help seniors with MCI improve their cognitive…
Every day, Garden Spot Village, a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Holland, PA, manages about 1,250 pounds of laundry. It’s all done in-house — a dirty job that’s no small feat for a community with 65 personal care and 72 skilled nursing beds.
Federal and state investigators recently penalized a host of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities for wage theft and other labor law violations.
A woman who transferred nearly $60,000 from her mother’s bank account won’t be held liable for nursing home fees not covered by Medicaid, according to a New Jersey appellate court ruling.
The first national investigation of nurse suicide in more than 20 years shows that both male and female nurses are at higher risk than non-nurse counterparts.
Nurses in long-term care who feel engaged in the workplace and proud of what they do appear less likely to leave their jobs and have an easier time accepting a lower salary, finds a study by Chinese researchers published in Contemporary Nurse.
Nursing home staff and administrators are cheering the Illinois governor’s signing of a bill that will penalize providers who understaff their facilities. State lawmakers passed legislation last month that fines nursing homes that don’t meet the state’s required 2.5 hour daily direct-care level. The push for fines was prompted in part by a 2018 investigation…
Four skilled nursing facilities and a physical therapy center in the Chicago area have agreed to pay $9.7 million to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations. Quality Therapy & Consultation worked with the SNFs to increase Medicare reimbursements related to RUG scores, according to a civil whistleblower lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court…
In 2013, when Nancy Likens, director of the Soprema Senior Center and Café first came up with the idea of using the café as a job-training site for volunteers from the Medina County Board of Developmental Disabilities, she wasn’t quite sure how the two groups — senior citizens utilizing her center and adults with developmental…
