Diagnoses, prescribing are ever-critical under PDPM
Experts agree critical medication mistakes occur during transitions from acute to post-acute care. Many are associated with multiple diagnoses and miscommunicated medication orders.
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Regulatory, reimbursement fears dominate SNF industry
Nursing homes welcomed 2020 in all-too- familiar territory: A looming regulatory and reimbursement climate of uncertainty.
How to do it … infection control compliance
Two months into Phase 3 of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ latest Medicare rules of participation provisions, nursing homes are well-versed in stricter infection control rules around antibiotic prescribing. With those new rules comes a new required role, an infection preventionist, that will require challenging staff mandates. Experts offer sage advice for navigating the changes ahead.
How to do it … Offering a dual home and work design appeal
The “resimmercial” design trend combines the best of both worlds — home and work — and senior living and care has taken notice. To help decide if this design trend is right for your facility, furnishing design professionals share their advice.
Providers see and taste the world of dementia residents
Sensory learning program mimics the experience of those who have dementia so caregivers can relate.
What’s in store for tech? Experts weigh in on trends
Issues involving data standardization, privacy and telehealth may be front and center in 2020 as pressure to comply grows.
Tech pilots: End strong
More providers need to take part in I.T. test programs — and stick with them.
How to do it … Complex resident areas
Designing special care areas entails far more than four walls, a bed and medical equipment. Considering the needs for caregivers, as well as the usual ebb and flow of family and guests — both expected and unanticipated — requires a careful balance. Lighting, furnishings and other elements need to be considered to create a perfect space that is functional, inviting and calm, all at once.
What’s causing all the concern?
Occupancy in the senior housing sector has long been characterized by peaks and valleys. But recent history has hardly been typical. Occupancy decreased to 87.8% in the second quarter of 2019, from 87.9% a year ago — the lowest level in eight years, as reported by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care…
Getting wider, not bigger: An investment and planning recipe for survival before the big senior wave
At first blush, expanding any business in a time of declining numbers of customers and sagging construction starts seems illogical. But it’s exactly what may help skilled nursing facilities thrive and prosper in the turbulent years ahead. Some are finding success with asset repurposing. Others are resurrecting with an age-old real estate strategy: mixed use.…
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