January/February 2022

Read the digital edition of the January/February 2022 print issue here. Select excerpts from this month’s magazine can also be found below.

Q: Since pressure injuries occur in all healthcare settings caring for vulnerable adults, are they a designated public health issue? 

We were thrilled on the day our office tapped into the internet.

What should a director of nursing look for to recognize drug diversion in a timely way?

More than three-fourths (78%) of nursing home operators and top managers don’t expect the workforce to return to pre-pandemic levels for at least another year — if ever.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in early January it would start posting nursing home turnover rates for nurses and administrators, as well as weekend staffing levels, by the end...

Researchers might have discovered why some people with protein plaques and tangles in their brains do not develop Alzheimer’s disease.

Nursing home employment remained down 13.2% some 15 months into the pandemic, researchers reported in Health Affairs in January.

Skilled nursing patients received about 13% fewer therapy minutes after the onset of the Patient-Driven Payment Model in October 2019 but that did not hurt outcomes or rehospitalization rates.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in late December cut from 10 to seven the number of quarantine days for some fully vaccinated and boosted healthcare workers.