» Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare Group closed a $76.8 million financing deal for the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities. The buildings have a total of 1,167 beds and average occupancy...
SNH completes $26M sale of wide 15-facility portfolio
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Danielle Brown
Nov 12, 2019
Senior Housing Properties Trust has completed the sale of its 15-facility skilled nursing portfolio, the company announced. The real estate investment trust completed the sale of the skilled nursing...
White Oak funds 19 SNFs
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Danielle Brown
Nov 12, 2019
White Oak Healthcare Finance is providing more than $240 million in funding for a portfolio of 19 skilled nursing facilities, the company announced in October. The funding was secured for 19 SNFs...
Revamp of interview process helping VA nurse retention
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Amy Novotney
Nov 11, 2019
In the midst of a severe nursing shortage, one Veterans Affairs Medical Center has taken a series of steps in overhauling its interview process, and with it has cut nurse turnover rates by more than half....
Excessive social media use harms work
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Amy Novotney
Nov 11, 2019
Too much social media use during work hours often leads to task distraction and a reduction in a nurse’s performance, finds a study of more than 460 nurses worldwide. Researchers at Hazara University...
Ask the nursing expert: What tasks should the infection preventionist be assigned?
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Amy Stewart
Nov 11, 2019
What tasks should the infection preventionist be assigned? Specific tasks vary, depending on factors like program maturity, resident population, and number and types of infections present. You may want...
New advanced wound care credential touts better skills
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2019
The National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy has launched its first professional credential recognizing expertise in advanced wound care. The Advanced Wound Care Certified, or AWCC, credential confirms...
The right laser can close pressure ulcers
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2019
Certain kinds of photobiomodulation therapy, light therapy using non-ionizing light sources such as lasers and light-emitting diodes, are effective in treating pressure ulcers among the elderly, which...
Ask the treatment expert: What information should we get back from the wound clinic?
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Jeri Lundgren
Nov 11, 2019
We send our complex wound residents to a wound clinic. What information should we be getting back from them? I have worked with many providers who tell me they receive only recommendations or even, in...
Music and flooring have an impact on Parkinson’s gait
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2019
Two new studies underscore the role visual and aural stimulation may play in overcoming Parkinson’s symptoms. In the first, researchers found that listening to music or humming a song to oneself helped...