Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
MARCH 19, 2023
This was in the 80s, before Long-Term Care (LTC) Standards were anywhere near what they are now. It was common then, and I’m afraid still today, to hear seniors swear they would never “go into a nursing home, because that’s where people go to die.” Topping the list of answers to the question, “How did we get here?”
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. The post How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle appeared first on Hospice News.
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Healthcare Law Insights blog
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Many long-term care residents live in Missouri nursing homes for years. In certain cases, nursing homes may discharge or transfer a resident even if the resident does not consent to the discharge or transfer – this is known as an “involuntary discharge” or an “involuntary transfer.”
GeriPal
MARCH 10, 2022
If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia. Transcript.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
AUGUST 18, 2022
The specificity and care taken to create these lists must mean that without them, the kids are all sure to fail! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI).
The World According to Dr. El
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
I was tempted to listen to the STAT News event, “The exhaustion epidemic: Examining the COVID-19 burnout crisis in health care ,” while lying prone on the couch. Instead, I took notes and considered how this hospital-heavy analysis might apply to the long-term care industry. They also had advice for healthcare leaders.
Minority Nurse
JULY 5, 2023
Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. She is the owner of aneesahcoates.com and is passionate about helping nurses, current and aspiring, learn more about the profession.
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