Screen Actors Guild opposes closing of celebrity nursing home
Jul 29, 2009
The Screen Actors Guild recently voted against the closure of a “nursing home for the stars,” which is scheduled to shutter due to financial difficulties.
Man arrested after threatening to shoot SNF employees
By
Jan 27, 2017
A Kentucky man was arrested after he entered a skilled nursing facility on Tuesday and made threats to shoot employees. His son’s mother works at the facility.
Sabra, CCP merger finally approved, will create 564-facility company
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Aug 17, 2017
Shareholders of Sabra Health Care REIT and Care Capital Properties have voted to give the green light to a deal that will combine the two into one real estate investment trust, the companies announced...
Gentleman farmer
By
Liza Berger
Mar 01, 2008
Charles Grassley, U.S. Senator
The family secrets that hold back long-term care
By
John O'Connor
May 21, 2012
Several years ago I called some industry experts with a simple request. I asked if there was a place where I could find some basic benchmarks about industry spending. Didn’t think I was looking for...
Workplace expectations of the youngest generation
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Dec 09, 2021
With Gen Z and Millennial generations now making up 46% of the full-time U.S. workforce, it makes sense to pay attention to the workplace needs and expectations of these employees. While a lot has been...
Judge approves Illinois plan to move mentally ill out of nursing homes, into the community
Oct 04, 2010
More than 4,300 mentally ill nursing facility residents in Illinois will now have the option to move into community care-based settings.
Skilled nursing sector’s growing (or shrinking) problems get new attention
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 23, 2023
For the second day in a row, a major US newspaper Tuesday highlighted problems in the long-term care sector.
Living a dream: the write stuff
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2011
Not everybody can say they got their wish before they died. Jackie Edgar did.
Editor’s Desk: The time is quite right to change survey frequency
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 18, 2019
If nothing else, we have to give Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service Administrator Seema Verma credit for building a plan and sticking to it. So far. But be careful what you ask for. Rumors have flown...