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BREAKING: CMS issues ‘significant’ survey changes for 2025
Nov 19, 2024 · The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday issued “significant revisions” to its long-term care surveyor guidance, with changes affecting everything from admission and discharge ...
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A high omega-3, low omega-6 diet with fish oil supplementation for one year results in a significant reduction of a marker of prostate cancer progression among men enrolled in active surveillance ...
COVID-19 drug molnupiravir linked to lower death risk in older …
Nov 26, 2024 · The antiviral drug molnupiravir (Lagevrio) slashed the risk of death from COVID-19 in half when given early to older adults. It also lowered all-cause deaths among older adults in the Czech ...
BREAKING: Court shifts emergency control of Life Care Centers of ...
Nov 20, 2024 · A Tennessee chancery court judge has granted an emergency conservatorship request by Aubrey Preston to oversee the financial affairs of his 91-year-old father, Forrest Preston, the founder and ...
Also in the News for Thursday, Dec. 19
Dec 19, 2024 · Ensign Group plans expansion to Alaska, Oregon, adds properties in California, Washington … 330-bed nursing home unable to pay staff will ‘evacuate’ Friday … On-demand nursing platform ...
Experts look ahead: Technologies that will help long-term care ...
Oct 8, 2024 · For 2025 and well into the foreseeable future, successful long-term care operators should remain steadfast in their artificial intelligence adoption and implementation strategies, a pair of chief ...
Where quality meets compliance
Nov 21, 2024 · Oil and water. Cats and dogs. Compliance and quality. These pairs don’t exactly scream harmony. Historically, compliance has been seen as a box-checking, rule-following exercise, while quality ...
Zee Johnson, Author at McKnight's Long-Term Care News - Page 1
Oct 28, 2024 · A terrible trio of survey citations is still plaguing too many nursing homes around the country, a sector expert said Friday. The good news, however, is that with proper diligence, such operators ...
State’s top court embraces broad COVID immunity for nursing …
Oct 22, 2024 · The Illinois Supreme Court has delivered one of the broadest interpretations yet of a state-level COVID immunity waiver for healthcare facilities, finding that a nursing home does not have to face ...