Federal officials say a plan to cut nearly $4 billion in Medicare funding to nursing homes is just a correction to curb unanticipated overspending. Critics say it’s a wrongheaded move that could force ...
In a few days, the winners of HCPro's 2010 Nursing Image Awards will be announced. Out of hundreds of nominees, two nurses will be selected as the embodiment of leadership and clinical excellence. I ...
No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which provide essential ...
Northbridge Health Care Center in Bridgeport is one of four nursing home facilities in the state that were to serve COVID-19 patients who did not require acute care hospitalization. Credit: Cloe ...
College at Brockport nursing student Kayla Hogan got a lesson Wednesday in patient care for the deaf population. In a role-reversal exercise, Hogan played the role of a patient while volunteers from ...
In December 2021, tornado sirens sounded throughout Arkansas and Kentucky, and a deadly EF3 twister ripped through the Monette Manor nursing home. Inside, 67 residents huddled together under the ...
LOT AND THEY HAVE MADE PROGRESS. THEY ALSO MADE SOME OBSERVATIONS. >> I THINK THERE IS ALWAYS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OUTBREAKS THAT WE HAVE HAD. BARRY: HEALTH OFFICER ED SINGER GIVING AN UPDATE ON ...
The operator of two New Jersey nursing homes is partnering with the state’s largest hospital system, with both sides getting a little something out of the affair. Roosevelt Care Centers — which ...
How often – and how well – do health care programs teach lessons about the impact that climate exerts on health? And as more of us are exposed to and sickened by toxins, polluted air, unsafe drinking ...
NEWBURGH — Mount Saint Mary College nursing students have been giving lessons on how to live healthier at local schools this spring. The students gave their health lessons as part of the Community ...