»PointClickCare is the newest partner in NIC Actual Rates Software, provided by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care. The collaboration will supplement data and provide new analytic...
Brookdale adds dialysis at Texas CCRCs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 14, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living has partnered with Dialyze Direct to add on-site dialysis treatment options at four continuing care retirement communities in Texas. Although the service will be housed in skilled...
Telepsychiatry helps reduce antipsychotics, others’ use
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 14, 2019
An Encounter Telehealth analysis of 40 rural skilled nursing facility partners in Iowa revealed a 6.7% reduction in the use of antipsychotics following 14 months of psychiatric telehealth services. Some...
Way beyond sprucing up
By
John Andrews
Nov 14, 2019
EdenHill in New Braunfels, TX, has a diverse mix of populations to care for within its 216 units and 20-acre campus. With roots in the 1950s, the community, however, is now entrenched in the 21st century....
How to do it … Improve online staff training
By
John Hall
Nov 14, 2019
1. There are many ways to gauge the effectiveness of your online training programs. Course flexibility correlates heavily with the level of staff participation. Jennifer Moore, RN-BC, DNS-CT, CDP, WCC,...
Generator rules being met
Nov 14, 2019
Florida — Most Florida nursing homes have now installed either permanent or temporary generators to comply with a new law, according to the head of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration....
Four facilities closing
Nov 14, 2019
Nebraska — Azria Health announced it’s closing four nursing homes in Nebraska due to poor financial performance. The nursing homes were set to close by the end of November. The closures will...
Funds target training
Nov 14, 2019
Indiana — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given $3.75 million in additional funding to the Indiana Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program to help develop and train the geriatrics...
Tennessee introduces controversial first-of-a-kind Medicaid block grant proposal based on future costs
Nov 14, 2019
The state of Tennessee has unveiled a first-of-a-kind proposal to convert its Medicaid program into a block grant system. State officials released proposed details in mid-September. They planned...
Gender pay lawsuit filed
Nov 14, 2019
Missouri — A suburban Kansas City nursing home is being accused of paying a female nurse less than two male nurses who performed the same jobs. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
