COVID doesn’t prevent rehab activities or recovery: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 12, 2023
Nursing home residents can tolerate moderate-to-high amounts of physical rehabilitation while ill with symptomatic COVID-19, finds a study published in JAMDA.
Ask the care expert about … scheduling challenges
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Mar 12, 2023
Q: I have been at my building for five months as a new director of nursing. I am having trouble filling the schedule to cover all the needed resident care. My supervisors are working the cart, and the...
Anonymous messaging tool tackles bad behavior at work
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 12, 2023
A tool using peer messaging to address disrespectful workplace behavior can be successfully used among nurses, a study found.
Ask the nursing expert about … an interrupted stay and the MDS
By
Amy Stewart
Mar 12, 2023
Q: How does an interrupted stay affect future MDS assessments?
Health tech for seniors highlighted at CES ’23
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 12, 2023
New tech for older adults, and by extension some of their caregivers, was featured at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Ask the payment expert about … consequences of MDS dashes
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Mar 12, 2023
Q: What are the concerns or consequences of dashing items on the MDS?
State news roundup
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 07, 2023
MASSACHUSETTS — Four nursing homes in the same county announced they would close by June, chased out of the state by a “reconfiguring” reform meant to improve the quality of care.
Ask the legal expert … about disputed citations
By
Norris Cunningham
Mar 06, 2023
Q: CMS has a new policy of publishing citations against nursing homes during appeals. Why would they include non-final citations?
Nursing homes reimagine caregiver roles for new era
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 06, 2023
In the wake of a historic shortage of nurses and assistants, America’s nursing homes have been forced to get creative when it comes to hiring, scheduling and retaining workers.
Now many are pushing lawmakers...
WellSky, Dialyze Direct partner on SNF dialysis
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 06, 2023
WellSky has teamed up with kidney care firm Dialyze Direct to connect medical teams across the care continuum and coordinate treatment for patients needing dialysis in skilled nursing.