The really good news about the future of long-term care leaders
Experts seem to agree: Long-term care leadership is one thing that’s not suffering during this pandemic. On the contrary.
Training
HHS formally releases $2.5 billion in relief for nursing homes
The federal government is now distributing the first $2.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funding to nursing homes with increased testing, staffing and personal protective equipment needs.
Providers with adequate equipment and training stay COVID-19 free: study
None of the 420 doctors and nurses participating in the study developed COVID-19-related symptoms or tested positive for antibodies after working in a high-risk environment.
Clinician re-training sorely needed for blood pressure measurement: survey
One-third of nurses and half of doctors surveyed report that they haven’t been retrained in blood pressure measurement since leaving professional school.
Beware frog holes and ‘I don’t knows’
Is there anything more thrilling on a winter day than sledding down the neighborhood’s steepest hill, across freshly fallen snow, in an inner tube? I think not.
Watching out for the hungry HIPAA
Amid all the focus on new rules for nursing homes, we can’t forget the old ones and the need to audit, train and document.
Ask the Nursing Expert about … staff competencies
Is it true that during new survey process, surveyors will ask staff nurses and nursing assistants about their competencies, with questions such as, “Do you receive periodic evaluations on your skills, knowledge, and abilities? If so, how often?” “In what areas have you been assessed?” “In what areas do you believe you need more assistance or training?”
Staying focused in long-term care
Political correctness is a concept that has been around since the first activists in the University of Wisconsin Madison added it to our language and our thinking. Inevitably, it reached long-term care as an industry.
Biodex releases trainer
Biodex Medical Systems Inc. has launched the Sit2Stand Trainer, part of its Mobility Enhancement family of devices.
AMDA to receive $1.6 million for training from civil monetary penalties
AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-term Care Medicine will receive $1.62 million in civil money penalty funds over three years in order to improve long-term care, the organization announced.
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