July/August 2021

Read the digital edition of the July/August 2021 print issue here. Select excerpts from this month’s magazine can also be found below.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must consider the pandemic’s broad impact on skilled nursing patients and resulting Medicare payments before toying with Patient Driven Payment Model rates,...

Jennifer Stelter, Psy.D., CDP, Chief Engagement Officer Resident Engagement Institute

Staff members are showing up to work, but are wiped out so they are not really completing all of their duties with the finesse they once did. We try to hire but there are no applicants. Suggestions?

What can we do to prevent skin tears in our nursing facility?

What does MDS item Z0400 have to do with supporting cognitive impairment for PDPM?

A contractor did some shoddy work installing flooring that we didn’t catch right away and a patient wound up falling and injuring herself. Can we go after this contractor if the family wants to sue us...

Our facility is considering hiring a full-time infection preventionist. Other than tracking infections, what tasks might this person take on?

For an industry that locked down but never shut down, long-term care achieved remarkable success navigating an unprecedented pandemic. Months upon months were governed by restriction, fears and trauma....

Florida’s Lake Gibson Health and Rehabilitation Center is raising the bar for post-acute care amenities and key specialty service lines.