It could have been fate that led Leonard Russ to healthcare. No one will really know. But what it wasn’t was expected.
8-hour training requirement attracts thousands to CNA pathway
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 17, 2021
A stop-gap effort to supplement nursing home staff by lowering some entry-level training requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic may become permanent if Florida lawmakers have their way.
Rev. Derrick C. DeWitt is on his own road to greatness
By
Nicole Blanchard
Oct 06, 2022
Is greatness achieved solely through goal-setting and hard work? Or is it thrust upon someone, forcing him to rise to the challenge? The career of the Rev. Derrick C. DeWitt Sr. seems to show that it comes...
Apt named CFO, Hancock executive VP at PACS Group
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 26, 2024
Utah-based PACS Group on Thursday announced Derick Apt is its new chief financial officer, succeeding Mark Hancock, who held that position since co-founding the post-acute ownership group in 2013.
Medicaid underfunding care by $6.3 billion, report finds
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 03, 2012
It’s no wonder long-term care providers prefer residents whose care is reimbursed by something other than Medicaid: The federal-state program was expected to underfund care by an average of nearly...
A first: Researchers show inflammation is key driver of Alzheimer’s in living patients
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2021
Treatments targeting inflammation could help reverse or at least slow the accumulation of pathologic tau protein in the brain — benefitting people with early dementia, investigators say.
Fire sparks community support for damaged nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 31, 2019
More than 30 community organizations stepped up to help an Ohio nursing home that was hit by a devastating fire this week, supplying everything from pureed foods to pick-up trucks needed to move furniture.
Medicaid outlook bleak for providers in 2012, report finds
Dec 15, 2011
Unprecedented state budget deficits will result in historically low Medicaid reimbursements to long-term care facilities, a new report finds.
Design Decisions: Fueling a rehab revolution
By
John Andrews
Oct 06, 2017
Albemarle Health & Rehabilitation Center gives patients
access to high-tech equipment and top-shelf amenities
Brain inflammation plays role in irritability, anxiety in people with Alzheimer’s
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 28, 2023
Though a lot of the talk about the cause of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms revolves around amyloid and tau proteins, a new study finds that brain inflammation is a culprit as well.