Initial COVID-19 lockdown had no ‘clinically relevant negative effects’ on residents’ mood, behavior,...
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 19, 2022
Nursing homes’ initial lockdown during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic did not result in “clinically relevant negative effects” on residents’ mood, behavior, social and cognitive functions,...
60 Seconds with … Monica Ott
May 01, 2022
A 60-second interview with Monica Ott, MD, CMD, of Optum Complex Care Management.
Staff turnover hurting nurse-physician communication, study finds
By
Danielle Brown
May 05, 2022
Ongoing staffing shortages in nursing homes are making it difficult for nurses to communicate and efficiently share changes in conditions for residents, a new study has found.
Most operators expect staffing challenges to ease in 2022, new NIC survey shows
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 11, 2022
Most long-term care operators believe workforce improvements are coming for the sector, according to the latest findings from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Overall number of clinicians in nursing homes nearly doubles
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2022
Nursing home operators have not only admitted an increasingly frail number of patients, they’ve also hired a correspondingly larger pool of clinicians to treat them, according to a decade-long research...
Full-time clinicians in nursing homes nearly doubled in a decade, research shows
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 09, 2021
Nursing home operators have not only admitted an increasingly frail number of patients, they’ve also hired a correspondingly larger pool of clinicians to treat them, according to a decade-long research...
60 seconds with … Nicole Colline
Dec 01, 2021
Nicole Colline, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, Director, Family Nurse Practitioner
Program, Yale School of Nursing
How a long-term care operator used immigrant program to overcome chronic staff shortages
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 18, 2021
Instead of waiting for solutions from state and federal health officials, a Chicago long-term care provider has taken its staffing shortage crisis into its own hands by reaching overseas for help.
Booster clinics set to begin in facilities following CDC sign-off on Pfizer shot
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 27, 2021
Booster shot clinics at long-term care facilities are expected to begin immediately after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday recommended that Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster dose be administered...
Nursing homes ended 2020 with nearly 8% decline in occupancy rate: NIC
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 27, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the skilled nursing occupancy rate to drop by about 7.7% between 2019 and 2020, according to a new report by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.