Hiring CNAs to work in nursing homes
Overall employee satisfaction is key to ensure those newly hired nurse assistants stay on the job.
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Managing a Legionnaires’ outbreak
The CDC Legionella Environmental Health group may have some confusion on the definition of effective public health policy. The best type of effective public health policy should be the greatest public good at the lowest public cost, not the opposite. An effective risk management plan will not eliminate illness but will effectively control risk.
What providers need to know right now about PDPM
The journey we’ve mapped out for providers has five stages: conceptualize, standardize, analyze, optimize, and operationalize.
Reaching beyond traditional therapeutic recreation
When a resident drives a sports car at the Indy 500 and makes a sharp turn, you can observe him holding tightly to his wheelchair, as if he was there.
Raiders of the Lost Ark of Recruitment
If you take the time to create the right talent acquisition strategy, I am confident you will see more quality applicants knocking on your door
Acuity-based staffing: What does it mean?
Resident acuity is a frequently used term, but the meaning is very evasive and rarely defined. This lack of definition is not by accident, because reimbursement, staffing expenses, and profit drive this issue in many eldercare facilities, not nursing assessment and/or medical judgment. Of course, few professionals are willing to admit that there is no…
The making of a good administrator
One administrator gives insight on how to be driven in a deeply challenging environment.
Supply exceeding demand in construction
The move by Medicare to a Patient-Driven Payment Model also has generated uncertainty regarding changing reimbursements.
Boosting infection control with new diagnostics
The benefits of proper infection control are well-known in the long-term care community. Reducing transmission and limiting the number of patients afflicted by a particular strain are primary goals.
Start your disaster communications plan with a reliable network
Calling for help or to check on loved ones, or following news updates or alerts from weather centers and emergency agencies is no longer where contingency planning has to start.
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