Sometimes, it’s the simplest pleasures that make a difference in residents’ lives. For retired farmer John Buller, 89, all he wanted was to get on a tractor one more time. But scaling a tall, powerful...
Business Briefs: November 2018
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 02, 2018
» Extendicare announced the hiring of Michael Guerriere, M.D., as its new president and CEO in September. Prior to taking on the role Oct. 22, he served as board member of the 118-facility Markham, Ontario-based...
What Election Day may spell for skilled care
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 30, 2018
We’ve been talking about it for months and now the day of reckoning has almost arrived: Election Day is just one week away, and the stakes could be very high for the skilled nursing crowd. The makeup...
A SNF’s magical journey
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 29, 2018
This is not about an average trip to Disney World. It’s going to require 36 staffers, including two physicians and an FBI agent, and will cost about $170,000.
Social media may help ease depression in elderly, even while it’s crushing everyone else’s soul
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 25, 2018
In the face of this deadly opioid epidemic, I’ve seen all sorts of alternative methods floated to help remedy patients’ pain. Be it, laughing gas, yoga, sugar pills or exercise. Now researchers are...
Provider can shield quality control items
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 22, 2018
A New Hampshire nursing home that’s being sued for wrongful death does not have to divulge details about its quality control program, a Superior Court judge has ruled.
Avoid performing CPR on a dead resident, earn an F-tag
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 22, 2018
A Minnesota nursing home has been cited for neglect after four nurses failed to perform CPR on a resident, even though the resident appeared to have been dead for several hours.
ProMedica lays off 100
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 22, 2018
None of the eliminated positions are at HCR, which is also based in Toledo, and many are tied to leadership or corporate functions at ProMedica’s headquarters.
Nurses still can’t get no respect in the news
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 18, 2018
Could it be that things have gotten worse for nurses mentioned in the news? Apparently so.
Talking dual eligibles, MedPAC with a Harvard long-term care guru
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 22, 2018
We all have something that we’ll admit to getting a little geeky about.