Skilled Nursing
Treating Depression and Loneliness in SNFs and LTC Facilities
More than just feeling blue, these conditions can threaten the health of your residents.
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Use Training, Technology to Reduce Lifting Injuries among Clinical Staff
Robotics is helping make nursing a safer practice
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CMS’ PDPM May Impact Clinical Protocols
Changes to Medicare reimbursements may affect your facility’s workflow.
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The Many Benefits of Strategic Rounds
By following the practical approaches to rounding described in this article, you can maximize what you learn about care delivery and achieve the greatest results.
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AANAC, AADNS founder and CEO to retire in 2018
The founder of the two long-term care nursing associations plans to step down after a nearly 20-year career in improving senior care.
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Can millennials solve the nursing shortage?
America’s twenty-somethings are on pace to boost the workforce as nearly one million registered nurses are reaching retirement age in the next decade.
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Caregivers, appreciate yourselves
Caregivers need to reserve a bit of time in their busy days to appreciate a crucial senior care asset—themselves.
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Growing your own DON
Providers often hire a director of nursing with decades of experience, but one Wisconsin nursing home chose to cultivate its own homegrown talent for the position.
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Staffing shortage prompts shutdown
A Good Samaritan rehabilitation unit has closed because it has had trouble filling and maintaining necessary nursing levels.
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Pilot program care model reduces hospitalizations
Indiana skilled nursing facilities participating in the OPTIMISTIC project have significantly reduced all-cause and avoidable hospitalizations.
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