Sports have played a key role throughout the formative years of Dan Ciolek’s life. It was a series of injuries, sustained while wrestling and playing other sports, that helped propel him toward a...
A moving experience: Operators are reimagining spaces and designs to maximize possibilities for new therapy...
By
Meg LaPorte
May 08, 2018
Doing more with less is a near constant refrain that long-term and post-acute care providers hear with regard to business operations, reimbursement and even clinical care. It takes on a new, ahem, dimension...
The Big Picture: Tough times? Adjust!
By
John O'Connor
May 08, 2018
It’s hardly news that many skilled care operators are now struggling. The rehab-switcheroo windfall has apparently played itself out at many properties. Meanwhile, occupancy levels generally remain...
Lawmakers turning up the heat on SNFS
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2018
Members of Congress have ratcheted up their scrutiny of how well nursing homes are being overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Four influential Republican Congressmen demanded details...
IG review finds rehab overpay
By
Marty Stempniak
May 08, 2018
A federal review of outpatient physical therapy payments found Medicare likely overpaid $367 million during a six-month period. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General...
Dementia EOL plan criticized
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2018
An aggressive new advanced directive would allow patients to decline food and water if they display signs of deep dementia. A New York group that supports aid-in-dying recently approved the new document....
Java may hike dementia signs
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2018
Prolonged exposure to caffeine has been linked to worsening Alzheimer’s symptoms — at least in mice, that is — by researchers in Spain. Caffeine might heighten behavioral and psychological symptoms...
Fewer residents, and they’re sicker: study
By
John O'Connor
May 08, 2018
A new Kaiser study confirms what many skilled care operators already know. Occupancy levels are dipping as residents’ conditions are getting worse. Investigators found nearly half of the nation’s...
CNAs far more prone to injury
By
Marty Stempniak
May 08, 2018
Certified nursing assistants have one of the highest reported rates of injury across the country and particularly in Ohio, according to a review of injury data and first-person stories reported in April...
Lawmakers demand answers, imply oversight is inadequate
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2018
Legislators’ request for sweeping information about federal regulators’ oversight of nursing homes is part of a House Energy and Commerce Committee official inquiry. A letter from four U.S....