A federal agency is encouraging nursing homes to take a refresher course on preparing for active shooters after a deadly incident at a Chicago hospital last week.
The ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on Monday blasted a proposal from the Trump Administration to ease requirements that nursing homes must meet to prepare for emergencies.
You can’t painstakingly document and evaluate during an exercise or emergency, but detailed and comprehensive event logs can provide a great deal of information for evaluation.
How well-prepared is your nursing home in the event that a disaster strikes — be it an active shooter, hurricane, cybersecurity attack or outbreak of Legionnaires disease?
A nursing home employee was killed in the building’s parking lot Friday morning, authorities said.
From Hurricanes Irma and Harvey to the California wildfires, there has been no shortage of extreme weather around the country.
Suddenly the plane dropped and items went flying, including people. We heard the strange noise again and realized that this was not normal turbulence.
A special McKnight’s webinar on Jan. 17 will offer secrets directly from a master emergency preparedness planner, trainer and driller with a perfect compliance record.
A new bill seeks to bolster emergency preparedness at the nation’s nursing homes, even as the Trump administration backs away from some non-compliance penalties.
You never know when freak storms or unexpected fires might strike. But you can be sure that if and when one does, angry people will line up to demand that you be held more accountable.
