Long-term care leaders can have ‘the best of both worlds,’ experts assert
By
Danielle Brown
May 18, 2022
CHICAGO — No long-term care leader should have to sacrifice their personal life in order to achieve career goals, industry experts stressed during the latest McKnight’s thought-leadership panel discussion.
MRSA and VRE persist in resident rooms, nursing home study finds
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 18, 2022
Two common types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can linger in resident rooms — even during changes of occupancy, a new facility study finds.
Tooth survival after root canal varies widely across U.S. regions
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 18, 2022
Tooth longevity ranges from about nine to 20 years after a root canal, depending in part on where one lives, a new study has found.
Uneven broadband access fostering inequality, panelists say
By
Liza Berger
May 17, 2022
The U.S. is creating two Americas with its lack of cohesive policy on universal broadband access, said panelists Monday during the Department of Health and Human Services’ Telehealth Conference.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, May 18
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 18, 2022
Stroke hospitalizations rising in younger adults while deaths in this group fall … Feds will extend public health emergency … FDA rejects antidepressant seen as cheap COVID treatment … One in four...
Coronary heart disease risk higher with COPD
May 16, 2022
However, emphysema score, lung function, exacerbation frequency, and hypoxemia do not predict coronary stenosis or calcium score >100
Risk for type 1 MI hospitalization increased with prediabetes
May 16, 2022
Younger adults with prediabetes have increased odds of T1MI, but do not have increased risk for MACCE
LTC staff to receive free behavioral health training in new federal program
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 17, 2022
The new $15 million program will focus on workforce skills in an effort to strengthen behavioral healthcare delivery in long-term care facilities, HHS announced Monday.
54 percent increase in low-care nursing home residents presents opportunity for assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 17, 2022
The percentage of nursing home residents who require no physical assistance in bed mobility and activities of daily living is increasing, according to a new report.
With REIT ownership of SNFs at 12%, experts question compatibility of business and healthcare goals
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2022
Last year, real estate investment trusts owned an estimated 12% of all skilled nursing facilities, a level that Harvard researchers say should push policymakers to “ensure that the REIT business model...