A newly announced federal initiative calls for effective Alzheimer’s treatments by 2025.
AHCA unveils quality goals with timelines
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 02, 2012
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living are zeroing in on rehospitalizations and reducing staff turnover as part of the organization’s Quality Initiative.
GAO: Watch SNFs closer
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 02, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to improve the tools it uses to evaluate the quality of nursing home care, a federal report asserts.
$3 billion flowing to divert SNF residents
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 02, 2012
The federal government has turned on the spigot with $3 billion in grant money to help states keep individuals out of long-term care facilities.
New awards for tech innovators
By
John O'Connor
Apr 02, 2012
As never before, operators are harnessing tech tools that improve care delivery.
Ask the care expert: What are pertinent details to include in pain journals?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Apr 02, 2012
Pain journals are a great way for anyone who may be experiencing pain to track it and take a record to the healthcare practitioner’s office for visits.
Study: Hearing loss could induce falls
By
Mary Gustafson
Apr 02, 2012
Skilled nursing facility operators eager to reduce resident falls might have a new tool in their kit: testing residents’ hearing.
Post-stroke malnutrition may linger on for months: experts
By
Mary Gustafson
Apr 02, 2012
Individuals who have had a stroke might continue to have difficulty eating three months or longer after the event, despite regaining the strength for most other physical functions, a new study finds.
Ask the nursing expert: How can I keep key nursing staff in the face of cutbacks?
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Apr 02, 2012
In this era of ever-increasing clinical needs and critical thinking with our medically complex patients, continuing education is desperately needed.
Study: Recession improved staff turnover
By
Mary Gustafson
Apr 02, 2012
Newly licensed registered nurses perceived fewer jobs available during the recession. They also reported greater loyalty to their employers, results of a new study reveal.