MDS compliance: Experts develop best practices for identifying, treating suicidal nursing home residents
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 24, 2013
Caregivers in long-term care facilities should screen residents using a suicide risk assessment tool in order to undertake appropriate interventions, according to experts in geriatric psychology and psychiatry.
Putting first things first
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
A recipe for a complicated nursing home renovation: Take one facility that hasn’t been updated in 45 years, add a strict budget and keep residents on site throughout the project. Columbia Health...
Nursing homes can enhance pain management with cognitive behavioral therapy, new guidelines say
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 09, 2013
Nursing home residents in chronic pain may benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to new guidelines on managing pain in older people.
Counties are only liable for poor nursing home care caused by municipal policies, judge rules
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 27, 2013
Even if county nursing home workers provide poor care, the county is not liable unless the employees are executing an official policy, a federal judge in Pennsylvania recently ruled, providing a victory...
CMS distributes video on dining standards that encourage less restrictive diets
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 08, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently began promoting nursing home dining practice recommendations that stress resident choice and urge providers to use caution with restricted diets.
Nursing home robber trades clown mask for prison uniform
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McKnight's Staff
Jan 14, 2013
A woman who wore a clown mask while robbing a West Virginia nursing home last May faces 10 years in federal prison.
Alleged gun-toting clown indicted
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 20, 2012
The latest act in an ongoing circus around a gun-toting clown who robbed a nursing home played out in federal court Tuesday.
