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Guest Blog: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
November 17, 2009 12:07 PM by Liz Rosto
The following is a guest blog from Kevin R. McMahon: Multi facility nursing home organizations have a fairly standard arrangement that centralizes the operating authority over individual nursing facilities in a regional office. The regional office through Read More...
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Caught in the Middle
October 30, 2009 9:11 AM by Liz Rosto
A new study from PHI, a national non-profit organization working to strengthen the health care services workforce, reveals that less than one-fifth of Massachusetts direct-care workers (nursing home assistants, home health care aides and personal care Read More...
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Futile end-of-life care
October 16, 2009 1:42 PM by Maureen Salera
Two new studies from The New England Journal of Medicine indicate that nursing home residents may be receiving futile care measures at the end of their lives. In one study, doctors examined health records of 3,702 nursing-home residents across the nation Read More...
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Proper Handwashing Technique
October 16, 2009 10:44 AM by Liz Rosto
With the H1N1 virus lurking in our office (so far, one confirmed case), experts agree that aside from vaccination, the best defense is thorough handwashing. Check out this video from the Washington Post that shows proper handwashing technique. We hear Read More...
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Dialysis May Do More Harm Than Good
October 15, 2009 4:34 PM by Heather Simons
A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine questions whether dialysis is the best treatment for nursing home patients. As reported by USA Today , more than half of older nursing home residents die within a year of starting dialysis and "nearly Read More...
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Reliable Nursing Home Information Lacking
September 29, 2009 11:52 AM by Heather Simons
Reliable information on the quality of nursing homes is hard to come by these days, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times . Currently, a Web site called Nursing Home Compare , which was created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Read More...
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Report Outlines How Health Reform Will Help Seniors
September 4, 2009 2:54 PM by Heather Simons
A recent report at HealthReform.gov outlines exactly how health insurance reform, if passed, would strengthen health care for seniors and long-term care residents. "America's Seniors and Health Insurance Reform: Protecting Coverage and Strengthening Medicare" Read More...
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Is the Five-Star Rating System Effective?
July 16, 2009 2:12 PM by Maureen Salera
The debate about the effectiveness of the CMS Nursing Home Compare Web site--with its five-star rating system--rages on, according to an article that was posted on The Washington Post online. Industry experts suggest that the rating system doesn't accurately Read More...
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Employment Trends
July 15, 2009 9:37 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie
Many health care employers are working to improve their employer status to attract workers when the economy improves, according to a press release from Career Builder. 33 percent are outlining potential career paths for current and future employees 33 Read More...
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Obama supports program that would cover long-term care costs
July 10, 2009 11:47 AM by Maureen Salera
This week, President Obama gave his support to creating a program to help families struggling with long-term care costs, the Associated Press reports. The voluntary insurance program, sponsored by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, would pay a daily Read More...
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Hospice in long-term care
June 5, 2009 1:31 PM by Maureen Salera
A little more than a year ago, I wrote an article about integrating palliative care into nursing homes. My research and my sources seemed to agree that end-of-life care wasn't anywhere near where it needed to be in long-term care. In fact, in some long-term Read More...
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Boost Morale Now
May 13, 2009 9:05 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie
In the current job climate, many companies are using the climate of fear to cut back on morale-boosting costs and activities. Employees don't need morale to stay with your company, the thinking goes, because they have no choice. But in the article "Employee Read More...
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Nurturing a Love That Lasts
May 12, 2009 10:24 AM by Liz Rosto
Happy National Nursing Home Week 2009! The theme of this year's event, sponsored by AHCA/NCAL, is "Nurturing a Love That Lasts." Using the person-centered care philosophy, long-term care staff and residents nurture each other's minds, bodies and spirits. Read More...
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Mice-on-Resident Violence
May 1, 2009 9:11 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie
A news item about a mouse-on-resident attack in an Australian nursing home is hitting the U.S. media. Tales of mice chewing off residents' ears are, we can only hope, extremely rare, but certainly stir up a lot of attention and fear. Do you think the Read More...
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Start Preparing for National Nursing Home Week
March 31, 2009 12:12 PM by Maureen McAndrews
National Nursing Home Week, scheduled for May 10-16, is fast approaching. This year's theme is "Nurturing a Love that Lasts," according to the American Health Care Association. For ideas on how to celebrate in your facility, visit AHCA's planning page Read More...
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