Medical Complexity, Documentation Stretches Nursing Home Clinicians Thin

As specialty services and higher acuity cases continue to challenge nursing home clinicians, industry leaders say it takes a special kind of employee to really understand, deal with and plan for the variety of patients seen nowadays. Nicole Croteau, director of clinical services with SALMON Health and Retirement, said there aren’t many nurses who can […]

Nursing Homes’ Need for ‘Another Layer of Expertise’ Drives Pipeline of Specialist Roles

Clinical speciality services are growing within nursing homes to address needs of a population with higher acuity – but there are some sizable side benefits to this trend. Operators and other community institutions are working to accommodate the need for certain types of care in the nursing home through partnerships. Not only are nursing home […]

‘We’re Onto Something’: Nursing Homes Focus on Speciality Programs to Meet Evolving Resident Needs

Rising acuity at nursing homes has meant a greater need for the presence of various clinical specialties at facilities. But navigating better interdisciplinary team care is a complicated matter, made more so with staffing shortages, tighter regulation and lower reimbursements. As the needs of the nursing home population continue to evolve, many providers believe it’s […]

SALMON COO Talks Grassroots Staffing Initiatives, His Shift from Police Academy, Start as a CNA

With an ever increasing aging population that is sicker with higher acuities, COO Shawn Neville of SALMON Health and Retirement says capturing an accurate financial picture is a challenge for nursing homes – and an additional reason why so many are closing down.  Neville was named to his current position at the family-owned and Massachusetts-based […]

The Math Doesn’t Work: Nursing Home Staffing Woes Unsolvable Without Immigration Action

As nursing home operators scramble to recruit direct care workers during a historic staffing shortage, many in the sector believe there is one obvious solution that has yet to gain meaningful traction, in part due to legislative gridlock: immigration. Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has honed in on minimum staffing ratios, […]

Non-Clinical Staffing Shortages Create Pipeline Issues for Critical Nursing Home Positions

Nursing home leaders expect non-clinical staffing shortages to have a crippling long-term impact on the talent pipeline and career interest in the space – both on a clinical and supervisory level – as many young people make the choice to enter the workforce via other industries. Infection prevention protocol and more broadly the tight regulatory […]

No Innovation Without Compensation: SNFs Need Federal Support to Realize Biden’s Private Room Plans

Movement at the state and federal level has prompted an expedited shift to more private settings in nursing homes. While the trend isn’t entirely new for the industry, the push from government agencies to make it a compliance issue has garnered mixed reactions. The Biden administration called for reduced room crowding in nursing homes in […]

Inflation and ‘Chronic Underfunding’ Lead SALMON Health to Cut Skilled Nursing Beds by Half

For one long-term care provider in Massachusetts, operating standalone skilled nursing facilities no longer fits into its long-term plans. And the challenges that led SALMON Health and Retirement to pursue recent skilled nursing transactions expand beyond Massachusetts, suggesting that other SNF operators — particularly companies running standalone facilities — face a host of issues that […]

Salmon Health Begins Transferring Residents to Create Dedicated COVID-19 Skilled Nursing Facility

The office of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday announced several initiatives to combat the COVID-19 crisis in the Bay State — one of which includes setting up skilled nursing facilities dedicated to caring for patients who have the disease. The first of these facilities, Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Worcester, Mass., operated […]