Nursing home residents say they fear retaliation from staff for voicing their concerns – and asking for care and services to which they’re entitled – leading to unnecessary emotional, psychological and physical harm. Exacerbated workforce challenges play a big role in staff-resident relationships, as staff are “put in a position to fail residents” due to […]
Long Term Care Community Coalition
Federal data shows that staffing levels dropped 7.8% since the first quarter of 2021, and both Illinois and Missouri fell below 3 nursing staff hours per resident day. That’s according to a report from the Long-Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provided by nursing homes. National […]
The Biden administration’s announcement of expansive nursing home reform on Monday elicited varied responses from industry trade groups and advocacy organizations. Groups representing skilled nursing providers expressed particular concern that the reforms would impose stricter expectations without providing the needed resources to meet new mandates related to staffing minimums and other proposed requirements. The reforms, […]
As the Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act makes its way through Congress, two leaders in the long-term care industry this week said enhanced funding to support staffing in nursing homes is sorely needed coming out of the pandemic and that more transparency for where that funding goes would be welcomed. Mark Parkinson, president and […]
The influx of cash into the nursing home world from outside investors such as private equity firms came under fire during testimony in a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. The hearing focused on the costs — both financial and social — of caring for elderly Americans, with testimony from caregivers, […]
The first week of the new Medicare payment model for nursing homes has brought stories of rapidly shifting therapy patterns among some providers, and voices from the consulting and advocacy worlds are warning that any sudden movements could cause adverse effects — both immediately and down the road. The advent of the Patient-Driven Payment Model […]
Inappropriate anti-psychotic drug use in U.S. nursing homes is “widespread” and requires immediate action, a report submitted to the United Nations alleges. The Long-Term Care Community Coalition (LTCC) submitted the report last week as an update to a 2015 look at anti-psychotic use in nursing homes, finding little change since the non-profit last tackled the […]
Most nursing homes report registered nurse (RN) staffing levels at half an hour per resident day or less, highlighting the labor shortage that’s affecting most of the senior care industry. Seventy percent of nursing homes reported RN care at or below 30 minutes per day, while 82% of nursing homes reported total direct care staffing […]
Skilled Nursing News Take: In the same week that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would delay enforcement of new skilled nursing regulations, Kaiser Health News took this deep look into how some troubled SNFs continue to rack up safety violations even after graduating from the agency’s most stringent monitoring […]
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