Provider, policy action can stabilize staffing levels during infectious disease outbreaks, researchers...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2022
Provider and policy action are needed to counter the effects of staff absences and departures, particularly during infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19, that may put nursing home residents at...
Fourth dose of BNT162b2 prevents severe COVID-19 in nursing home residents
Jun 27, 2022
Substantial protection against hospitalizations and deaths seen among nursing home residents during the omicron surge.
New law gives funding boost to affordable assisted living program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 02, 2022
An Illinois nursing home reform bill signed into law this week includes funding for a supportive living alternative that is part of the continuum of care offered by some senior living providers.
15 percent of off-label antipsychotic use in assisted living may be inappropriate, but nursing home reduction...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2021
The rate of potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in assisted living is 15% for antipsychotics and 21% for antianxiety medications, according to the authors of a new study published in JAMDA,...
Federal data understated COVID-19 cases, deaths in nursing homes
Sep 10, 2021
The estimated cases and deaths omitted represented 11.6% and 14% of cases and deaths in nursing home residents in 2020.
Should home healthcare be a new focus for Medicare Advantage?
By
Jeff Fox
Apr 20, 2021
Home-based services are not a common, or even widely accepted, part of most Medicare Advantage plans. However, there have been some signs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have begun...
Barking up the wrong tree
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2021
It appears that the senior living industry remains misunderstood, if reports of a famous rock musician and his wife are accurate.
Private-equity ownership leads to more resident deaths and increased spending at nursing homes, study...
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 25, 2021
An increase in resident deaths and an uptick in spending on non-patient care are just two outcomes often observed when private equity firms acquire nursing homes, according to a new working paper published...
Skilled nursing operators will recover by 2022 — without federal help, says ratings agency
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 17, 2020
Although many in the senior care industry have been focusing on the recent surge in COVID-19 deaths and record low skilled nursing occupancy rates, one ratings agency says it’s banking on a full recovery...
Nursing home, home care workers rally support for Biden workforce plan
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 09, 2020
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office next month, nursing home and home care workers with the Service Employees International Union and National Domestic Workers Alliance met with their...