CNA medication assistants can reduce staff shortages
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 09, 2018
When facing a shortage of licensed nurses, certified nurse aides trained as medication assistants can serve as a viable alternative, according to a pilot detailed in the Annals of Long Term Care.
Beneficiaries allowed to use apps with glucose monitors
By
Meredith Beirne
Aug 09, 2018
Medicare will support the simultaneous use of smartphone applications with continuous glucose monitors, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced this summer.
Reader poll: “How do you convince new employees they’ve chosen the right place to work?”
Aug 09, 2018
Reader poll: “How do you convince new employees they’ve chosen the right place to work?”
The inevitable is here
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 09, 2018
Staffing is inadequate and erratic at many of the nation’s nursing homes?
Good Samaritan merger with clinical chain sparks growth
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 09, 2018
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Sanford, a healthcare system with 44 hospitals and nearly 300 clinics, plan to merge by Jan. 1, leaders of each have announced.
Three SNFs sell for $47M
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 09, 2018
Three skilled nursing facilities with a total of 512 beds will receive $47.2 million in refinancing through HUD 232/223(f) loans, Capital One announced in July.
Powerful dementia course is now available at no charge
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 09, 2018
Relias Learning’s “A Day in the Life of Henry: A Dementia Experience” was, like most of the healthcare education company’s products, created for professional caregivers.
Medline acquires NeuroGym Technologies
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 09, 2018
Medline has purchased Canadian-based rehabilitation equipment maker NeuroGym Technologies, the company announced in July.
Managed care’s bully act is already wearing thin
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2018
A new study points out that decreasing lengths of stay (LOS), which are compelled largely by managed care and other group entities, are playing havoc with traditional long-term care operations.