For 2021, home care looks for expanded Medicaid and Medicare coverage, solutions to staffing shortage
By
Liza Berger
Feb 03, 2021
As the pandemic has shined a light on the capabilities of home care and home health, associations are looking for the Biden administration to expand Medicaid and Medicare coverage in the space this year.
Assisted living communities should be integrated into greater community, report recommends
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
Assisted living communities and other congregate care settings are “vital” and should be more fully integrated into surrounding communities through short-term respite care, adult day services, and...
Dollars spent on HCBS go further than those spent on nursing homes, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2023
Older adults are not “drawn out of the woodwork” to try to qualify for Medicaid benefits when a state expands home- and community-based services, according to the findings of a new study.
Scheduling consistency could help improve resident care, study finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 22, 2022
Scheduling part-time, per diem and contract workers consistently to the same unit or to the same residents has a “significant impact on consistency of care” in nursing homes, according to the author...
More than 6 in 10 Americans now say they would rather die than live in nursing home: survey
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 09, 2020
In a blow to the skilled nursing industry, 61% of Americans now report that they would rather die than live in a nursing home. That’s according to a Nationwide Retirement Institute survey of almost 1,300...
63-SNF Regency becomes new nonprofit, Wellsential Health
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2023
The Victoria, TX-based organization now known as Wellsential Health now is the largest family of nonprofit SNFs in Texas, according to the company.
Lawmakers approve broad funding increases for skilled nursing facilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2022
Legislators in Illinois and Minnesota recently have approved broad funding increases for skilled nursing facilities in their states.
Success may be as simple as focusing on two areas
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 31, 2016
Senior living operators should focus their efforts on two areas, says elder care policy expert Laura Katz Olson, Ph.D. And one is especially important.
Skilled nursing, assisted living providers offer incentives to attract caregivers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2021
Long-term care staff shortages have become commonplace across the board since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some skilled nursing and assisted living providers are offering perks such as referral...
Staff size, COVID-19 outcomes linked at skilled nursing facilities
Jul 16, 2021
Conventional measures of staff quality, including direct care staff-to-resident ratio did not predict COVID-19 cases, deaths.