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Study takes a closer look at falling risks
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jul 01, 2014
While it is clear that poor vision increases the risk of falling, improved vision might also increase this risk, a new study suggests.
Ventas’ $2.6 billion bid will create healthcare REIT titan
By
John O'Connor
Jul 01, 2014
Real estate investment trust giant Ventas took a huge step in bolstering its private-pay assets when it announced it would acquire American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust for $2.6 billion in cash and...
60 seconds with … Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Jul 01, 2014
Q: Would an SGR repeal inevitably be financed through Medicare cuts to long-term care providers?
$11.6M to nurse paralyzed by flu vaccine
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jul 01, 2014
A former nurse has received an $11.6 million government settlement to pay for future care after a flu vaccine paralyzed her.
Facility fined $16,000 after reviving resident with DNR
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
Authorities have fined a Florida nursing home $16,000 for reviving a resident who had a do-not-resuscitate order.
Special juice reduces UTIs
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jul 01, 2014
Drinking black chokeberry juice may reduce the rate of urinary tract infections among nursing home residents, according to findings published in Nutrition Research in June.
Certain lights ease dementia
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jul 01, 2014
Certain lights may improve quality of life for residents with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, according to a new study.
McKnight’s reaches APEX again
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2014
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Elizabeth Newman earned a Grand Award for blog writing, and McKnight’s staff pulled in four other Awards of Excellence in the 2014 APEX Awards for...
Lawmakers want pay that is risk-adjusted
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 01, 2014
Calculations for Medicare readmissions penalties should be risk-adjusted so that providers do not lose money for serving the sickest, poorest seniors, a group of Congressional lawmakers said in a letter...