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nursing homes
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Friday’s webcast focuses on older adults and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe has been particularly fatal to older adults. Outbreaks in long-term care facilities like the…
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How are nursing homes doing when it comes to staffing? This tool helps you find out
Staffing is perhaps the most important factor in a nursing home resident’s quality of care and the ability to live…
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New ratings say only modest proportion of nursing homes are high performers
Fewer than 20% of nursing homes in the U.S. are considered “best” under a revamped analysis from U.S. News and…
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Senate Finance Committee hearing focuses on nursing home abuse
Compelling, heartbreaking stories of abuse and neglect from the daughters of two elderly women drove home a call for tighter…
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Getting sources on the record when loved ones are involved
Nursing homes are supposed to be places that care for ill, frail adults — many of whom also suffer from…
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GAO finds mixed results on nursing home quality
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services does not have adequate procedures in place to ensure potential abuse or neglect…
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Can culture change in nursing homes make a difference?
It seems to make sense intuitively that creating a smaller, more home-like atmosphere would foster improvements in nursing home residents’…
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Data can help reporters investigate staffing levels in area nursing homes
PBJ stands for Payroll-Based Journal, a new data set for nursing home staffing from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
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Report finds antipsychotic drug use still rampant in some nursing homes
Despite efforts to curb the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes, about 20 percent of residents – more than…
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Crowdsource the right nursing home for a loved one? It’s a thing
Caregivers seeking a long-term facility for their loved ones often have little idea about how to evaluate certain issues that…