Working conditions, not personal reasons, causing nurses to leave long-term care: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 10, 2024
Insufficient staffing was the most common reason that nurses left their work in residential and nursing homes, followed by burnout or emotional exhaustion, in a study published Tuesday in JAMA Network...
Improved onboarding process could boost worker retention
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 08, 2024
As long-term care providers navigate post-pandemic workforce challenges, they also need to improve the onboarding process, according to the results of a new survey by Viventium
Mortality, hospice use rates differ in assisted living communities depending on whether memory care is...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2024
Assisted living communities that provide memory care services may attract residents closer to the end of life or promote hospice use at the end of life compared with assisted living communities without...
Hospices with higher assisted living volume had lower-quality scores, study shows
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 02, 2024
Hospice providers that served higher volumes of assisted living patient days had lower-quality scores, according to a new study.
Actions & Transactions, March 14
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2024
Ventas declares first-quarter dividend of $0.45 per common share … Bridge Senior Living adds assisted living, memory care community in South Portland, ME … VITAS to pay $85M to buy Covenant Care hospice...
Federal government to investigate private equity’s influence on nursing homes, HCBS, home health
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Health and Human Services Department have announced plans to jointly investigate private equity’s influence on healthcare.
Legislation aims to increase scrutiny of private equity healthcare acquisitions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2024
Legislation introduced by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) in the Golden State would give the attorney general oversight of private equity...
Electronic visit verification will become industry standard in near future, expert predicts
By
Adam Healy
Feb 07, 2024
Electronic visit verification, or EVV, will become industry standard soon, a marketplace executive predicts.
Actions & Transactions, Feb. 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2024
ESI arranges sale of $13M senior living community in Iowa … Inspīr leasing gallery opens in Washington, DC … Residential drug and alcohol rehab owners open Present Moments Senior Living in San Diego...
Ordering palliative care consult by default increases rate of consultation
Jan 22, 2024
The findings were seen in older hospitalized patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia or kidney failure.