Diane Carter, RN, MSN, CS The MDS 3.0 demands that you focus on resident voice and choice. But the MDS, Care Area Assessments (CAAs), and care Read More »
Failure to maintain compliance with applicable rules and regulations can be costly to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The Office of Inspector Read More »
As noted in the September 2010 issue of Long-Term Living (“Old law-New problem,” p. 32), the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has Read More »
It's been 10 years since the Drug Enforcement Administration briefly mentioned in a Federal Register notice that long-term care nurses are not Read More »
Do you have any clue as to how many of your employees “tweet”? Do you know how many employees have a Facebook page? Who among your employees is Read More »
The courts are becoming cluttered with wage and hour lawsuits. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cases are emerging as a leader in employment Read More »
Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) have attracted the attention of the federal government and two parallel investigations of the Read More »
At a glance… This article will examine how the administrator of record could be disciplined for negative outcomes of decisions made by managers who Read More »
New terms are being bantered about in healthcare. One is the “accountable care organization.” The idea is that a group of providers—primary care Read More »
Increasing litigation and difficulty in insuring facilities have forced an increasing number of long-term care (LTC) providers to divert critical Read More »
Staying on top of ever-changing government regulations is one of the greatest challenges for long-term care facilities. Poor training often leads to Read More »
An issue receiving more and more attention by researchers and designers in long-term care is lighting and glare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Read More »
The medication errors experienced by actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins have received a lot of media attention. While hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Read More »
Bariatric Bed NOA Medical's Bariatric Bed with a safe working load of 750 lbs is designed to accommodate 98% of all bariatric patients. The 42" wide Read More »
In the first part of this series in the October issue, we looked at the reasons to use photography in long-term care investigations and the tools Read More »
Long-term care facilities are not strangers to regulation 483.25(h) Accidents as it historically represents and continues to make the Centers for Read More »
While long-term care providers appropriately advance the next generation of “Nana” technologies for monitoring the health and well-being of older adults. Read More »
It is estimated that as many as 75% of nursing home residents fall annually, twice the rate of seniors living in the community. Many of these falls Read More »
While studies show that elderly and infirm people often slip and fall because of reasons related to their age, medication, illness, or other Read More »
Documenting evidence is essential to any investigation. Photography, a powerful and yet convenient form of documentation, allows an investigator to Read More »
Prevention of pressure ulcers is a constant process for long-term care facilities, but vitally important to preserve residents' health and avoid Read More »
Assisted living regulations vary widely from state to state, and official involvement in a facility's disaster preparedness can vary, as well. No Read More »
The Wage and Hour Division (Wage/Hour) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), which administers and enforces the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Read More »
when faced with a liability claim, a facility needs to take immediate and decisive action, for its reputation and financial well-being may be on the Read More »
Clostridium difficile—also known as C. diff—is a bacterium commonly found in hospitals and long-term care (LTC) settings. Infection can lead to Read More »
Use of resident lift equipment has grown over the past decade, and that has helped to reduce transferrelated injuries to nursing staff. Many Read More »
Day-to-day operations, including the staff and appearance of the building and its equipment, are the “face” of the nursing home for its residents Read More »
