Carol Maher, RN-BC, RAC-CT October 2011 came to pass with a whole host of challenges for the SNF Prospective Payment System (PPS). Along with Read More »
Ingrid Johnson Serio, RN, BSN, MPP Traveling to a foreign, non-English-speaking country can make for a wonderful adventure-if you traverse the Read More »
The final SNF PPS rule for FY2012 published in August will cause all operational professionals to stop and think about their implementation plans for Read More »
Wow, we are closing in on one year of using the MDS 3.0 and are finally getting the “hang of it” with all the changes that occurred with its Read More »
Just a year ago, skilled nursing administrators across the nation were scrambling to prepare for the October implementation of MDS 3.0. To offer Read More »
Last August, Long-Term Living gauged the mood and outlook of four administrators as they readied their teams for one of the largest operational Read More »
My great-grandmother suffered from Alzheimer's disease. I say she suffered because she was what was referred to as a “yeller,” often calling out and Read More »
Linda Buettner PhD, CTRS/LTR, FGSA In the months leading up to the implementation of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0, and since the time of its Read More »
Facility staff empathizes with the pain and discomfort of the resident with incontinence, but they frequently do not have the opportunity to discuss Read More »
This time last year skilled nursing facilities across the nation were in the throes of gearing up for the implementation of MDS 3.0 in October. Read More »
At the end of July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the “Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Read More »
The long-term care industry is too often saddled with the reputation of giving nursing home residents pressure ulcers. Media reporting frequently Read More »
The scripted interviews that are integral to the MDS 3.0 are a rich source of information about each nursing home resident that often may not be Read More »
Long-term care professionals are using a variety of approaches to streamline work within the MDS 3.0 assessment process implemented last October. Read More »
When MDS 3.0 went into effect in October 2010, Section M: Skin Conditions was immediately perceived as a special challenge. It was not simply that Read More »
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 »
A quiet, comfortable, well-ventilated, and properly illuminated office will foster more efficiency and accuracy. With the many changes in the Read More »
At a glance… Providers with effective and dynamic leadership in an atmosphere of resident-directed care are likely to be the ones to experience a Read More »
The big news this summer and fall is the conversion of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process from the MDS 2.0 to the MDS 3.0 and the Read More »
AT A GLANCE Besides promoting resident-centered care, the new Resident Interviews in the MDS 3.0 will ensure greater accuracy of the information Read More »
AT A GLANCE Instead of Resident Assessment Protocols, MDS 3.0 will be using Care Area Assessments for more in-depth assessment. There are some Read More »
Long-term care providers are bracing themselves for substantial change pending the arrival of MDS 3.0, slated for October 1 of this year. While Read More »
The words “MDS 3.0” undoubtedly trigger a number of disparate thoughts in a director of nursing's (DON's) mind. This is going to be a year of Read More »
At a glance… Some basic changes to the MDS in version 3.0 resulted in very significant alterations in the method for calculating the RUG-IV Read More »
At a glance… Technology now holds promise for compliance with some of the new CMS interpretive guidance (effective June 12, 2009), for several of Read More »
The culture change movement has taught us so much, causing us to think twice about what we do. We're finding, unfortunately, that many of the Read More »
