Time to look beyond ‘inward’ to ‘upward’
Pressures on immigrants can hurt long-term care in numerous ways.
Most recent articles by James M. Berklan
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 20
Study questions ‘burdensome’ interventions for nursing home residents in final days … Fired nursing home aide charged with manslaughter in resident’s death, facility ‘fully cooperating’ with police … CDC report analyzes antibiotic use in healthcare, nursing homes
Yellen to headline annual NIC meeting Sept. 12
Janet Yellen, Ph.D., will headline the speakers and events at the fall meeting of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care from Sept. 11-13.
Is making good news really this simple for a nursing home?
Good headlines are often hard to come by in the long-term care business, making this provider’s move all the more genius.
Nursing home success: Facility gives neighbors 100 unneeded beds
A Pennsylvania nursing home is making fans of its wider community, students and environmentalists by giving away its gently used hospital beds and mattresses — first come, first served.
Annual CNA conference gears up for Little Rock
The National Association of Health Care Assistants will hold its annual conference, CNA Fest 2019, August 28 and 29, in Little Rock, AR.
The deserved rise of a title in long-term care
A spotlight has been moved to a new job title in long-term care, and the timing couldn’t be better.
Average nursing home administrator salary jumps to $123k; DONs rise to $103k
Nursing home administrators and other top executives saw larger than average salary increases over the past year, indicating a possible effort by operators to keep hard-to-find talent in-house. A relatively low 11.6% turnover rate, according to one expert, indicates such efforts are finding success.
Also in the News for Monday, August 5
2 armed men rob St. Louis nursing home in broad daylight … Business manager accused of $30k theft from resident accounts, just like at a previous facility … New hope for bariatric care
As growth in VA skilled nursing continues, GAO presses for better oversight
There will be a growing number of Veterans Administration nursing home residents, and they could receive care under stricter oversight, if recommendations from the Government Accountability Office come to fruition.
