A series of tornadoes swept across the southern United States and Ohio Valley last December, decimating homes and taking the lives of numerous people. Unluckily, one of those tornadoes came barrelling...
Wooing next-gen leaders: Good Samaritan’s Aimee Middleton
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Kimberly Hartley
Feb 29, 2024
Those who know her say Aimee Middleton, vice president of operations for the Good Samaritan Society, has mastered the art of balancing professional drive with devotion to family.
Signature HealthCare’s Barbara Revelette on redesigning care delivery one role at a time
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2022
Amid a nationwide staffing shortage, Signature HealthCare has undertaken a major effort to redesign care delivery, an effort Chief Nursing Operator Barabara Revelette, RN, MSN, says benefits caregivers...
Four caregivers have settled a nearly 3-year-old class action race discrimination lawsuit against a now-shuttered New Jersey nursing home plagued by a host of problems, including COVID-19 outbreaks and...
Real Time Medical teams up with Signature on outcomes
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Amy Novotney
May 03, 2023
Post-acute analytics solution firm Real Time Medical Systems has partnered with Kentucky-based Signature HealthCARE to implement the firm’s interventional analytics throughout all of Signature’s skilled...
Massive healthcare company’s financial troubles may threaten statewide care network
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Josh Henreckson
Jan 29, 2024
With multiple lawsuits and reports alleging that Steward Health Care is tens of millions of dollars behind on payments for services, including at least $50 million in rent at hospitals and health facilities...
Nursing home destroyed by tornado close to reopening, will honor ‘heroic’ staff and residents
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 24, 2023
An Arkansas nursing home that was destroyed by a powerful tornado is close to reopening and says it is once again ready to provide a caring and welcoming environment for its residents and staff. ...
Study testing new strategy for spotting, managing pain in dementia patients
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2024
Up to 80% of dementia patients living in nursing homes also experience pain, but many struggle to communicate their symptoms. A new study aims to test recently revised guidelines for staff members tasked...
Civil trial begins for first US nursing home with COVID outbreak, deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2023
Providers did not follow infection control policies, plaintiffs alleged at the opening of the civil trial targeting the first nursing home in the US to have a recognized COVID-19 outbreak.
With pay up, skilled nursing leaders want more staff next: 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 17, 2022
More staff edged out higher salary as the No. 1 way to increase job satisfaction among nurse leaders and administrators in the 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey.