Mark Parkinson, the nursing home industry’s most influential spokesman, has announced he will retire as president and CEO of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living next...
Rule may interrupt progress on SNF staffing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2024
The head of the nation’s top nursing home advocacy group predicted a federal staffing rule could drop this summer, albeit with changes that could make it more palatable for providers.
60 Seconds with … Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2024
Q: Why have you focused on studying pain among nursing home patients with dementia? A: We don’t do a good job of assessing, diagnosing the underlying cause of the pain and then managing it. We don’t,...
Ask the care expert … about billing for RSV vaccines
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Mar 05, 2024
Q: I am the infection preventionist at my skilled care facility. How can I advise my office to order and bill for RSV vaccines? A: Many specialists and facilities are having difficulty implementing the...
Ask the wound care expert … about assessing dark skin
By
Fatima Naqvi, MD
Mar 05, 2024
Should the skin assessment for dark skin tones be different from light skin tones?
More antifungal use speeds drug resistance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2024
Doctors in the US are prescribing antifungal creams at rates so high they could be contributing to the rise of drug-resistant infections, a new federal report shows.
Changes to end-of-life wound classification in a recent Minimum Data Set update should be a positive for long-term care, but regulatory and legal ambiguity still surrounded the new coding procedures at...
Ask the nursing expert … about infection preventionist hours
By
Amy Stewart
Mar 05, 2024
How many hours should we give our infection preventionist?
Ask the payment expert … about incomplete measures
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Mar 04, 2024
I reviewed the Q4 2023 Facility Level Quality Measure report for my facility and noticed several measures are displayed as “I” for incomplete. Can you explain why?
VR helps prepare caregivers for coming senior tech boom
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 04, 2024
As demand for long-term care grows, innovative solutions such as virtual reality are quickly becoming indispensable in preparing the next generation of caregivers.