A good attitude can add years
Living longer may be correlated to optimism, stubbornness and bonds with family, religion and land, according to a new study.
Print Issue: January 01, 2018
Ask the Nursing Expert about … going alarm-free
Our facility is trying to go alarm-free, but some sta ff are reluctant to stop using alarms. Any suggestions?
Major merger in discussion
Two huge hospital operators with a significant stake in long-term care could combine to create the largest U.S. hospital owner.
Racial divide in end-of-life care
At the end of their lives, AfricanAmericans are more likely to have been admitted to a hospital, land in the ER and discontinue hospice care.
Treatment of staff correlates to sickness
While long-term care providers juggle staffing during cold and flu season, research indicates there may be a factor in their control: How they treat staff.
Humana buys Kindred to build home health inroads
Kindred Healthcare has not only slid off the skilled nursing radar, it’s also been sold — to insurer Humana Inc. and two private equity partners.
A sick way to reduce readmission burden?
A growing number of hospitals have found a novel way to reduce readmission rates: insist that patients are sicker than they really are.
Reframe the ‘lost pleasure’ of giving up smoking: study
With increased pressure on nursing homes to become smoke-free environments or create safe spaces for residents to smoke, residents and employees may both feel greater pressured to quit.
It was a matter of pride
For most of his adult life, my dad was an operating engineer for Sears Roebuck & Company.
MedPAC backing pay transition
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members are on board with a plan to transition to a new Medicare payment system over a two-year span. The new post-acute payment system would begin in 2019 and merge current payment rates with the advisory panel’s own recommended unified post-acute payment system. Easing into the new system would allow providers…
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