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A certified nursing assistant at the Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center nabbed first place in Florida Health Care Association’s Long Term Care Photo Contest, beating out more than 200 photo entries ...
States looking for more flexibility in how they reinvest penalties collected from errant nursing homes have long needed federal approval.
Every one of us working in any healthcare venue knows the challenges we deal with when the “payer” is Medicare Advantage. I’m using that word loosely ...
A new artificial intelligence system can quickly and accurately identify older adults with recent long-term care facility ...
A recent study from Japan demonstrates that simple frailty screening programs can effectively identify older adults who likely will need long-term care services within two years.
A major study of almost 4,500 older adults in China has revealed a significant connection between grip strength and cognitive function. The research suggests that how firmly older adults can squeeze ...
The winds of change are sweeping across the Medicaid landscape — and for those of us working in skilled nursing facilities, ...
Long-term care operators are putting their hopes and trust in the US Senate for better budget terms than a recently passed ...
As late-night negotiations on the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill pushed an expected vote to Thursday, ...
A rehab firm will pay a cash settlement to an occupational therapist it fired when the worker declined a COVID-19 vaccination ...
In a typical market, when demand surges, the logical response is to increase supply. That’s basic economics — especially in real estate. But in long-term care today, that dynamic isn’t holding.
A new study that examined Housing and Urban Development 232-sponsored loans found them to have slew of benefits for ...