The National Academy of Medicine’s “Future of Nursing 2020-2030” report charts a path past the pandemic for every type of nurse, including those within the skilled nursing spectrum, with a focus on health equity. The term refers to an effort to make sure everyone is getting access to a healthy lifestyle, including health care professionals, […]
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To improve the quality issues in nursing homes — many of which pre-dated COVID-19 but were brought into a harsh spotlight because of the pandemic — the entire system of skilled nursing care needs to be completely overhauled, according to one physician in the space. “I believe that our consistent failures in nursing home quality […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the limitations of the current system of nursing home care in the united states, and without major changes, nursing homes are not – and will not – be able to deal with major pandemics such as the current one, according to several authors writing in the National Academy of Medicine […]