March 2023

Providers were bracing for the first federal minimum staffing proposal, the details of which could have broad implications for all nursing homes.

For the second time, President Joe Biden announced during a State of the Union that his administration would be tightening its grip on nursing homes. “We’re protecting seniors’ life savings by cracking...

Nursing home residents can tolerate moderate-to-high amounts of physical rehabilitation while ill with symptomatic COVID-19, finds a study published in JAMDA.

Q: I have been at my building for five months as a new director of nursing. I am having trouble filling the schedule to cover all the needed resident care. My supervisors are working the cart, and the...

A tool using peer messaging to address disrespectful workplace behavior can be successfully used among nurses, a study found.

Q: How does an interrupted stay affect future MDS assessments?

New tech for older adults, and by extension some of their caregivers, was featured at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Q: What are the concerns or consequences of dashing items on the MDS?

MASSACHUSETTS — Four nursing homes in the same county announced they would close by June, chased out of the state by a “reconfiguring” reform meant to improve the quality of care.

Q: CMS has a new policy of publishing citations against nursing homes during appeals. Why would they include non-final citations?