Recruit and Retain McKnight’s reported on the annual spring meeting of the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry. Experts offered recommendations for operators to solve the No. 1 problem — unsafe staffing. Training and retaining compassionate and competent caregivers is the main job of managers. High employee turnover rates cause negative
Skilled Nursing News reported that The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) continues to expand. Ensign is a national for profit nursing home chain worth billions. Ensign will add five more senior living communities to its portfolio. The nursing home industry heavyweight entered into an agreement with The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) to transfer the operations of
There’s always a delicate balance between one person’s right to freedom of speech and another’s right to protect their good name. Defamation is a civil wrong or a tort. A defamed person may sue the person that made the statement under defamation law. The Verdict The Island Packet reported extensively on a strange case down
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services database of COVID-19 infections, vaccines and deaths is missing data. Federal officials say nursing homes caused the reporting errors for nursing home staff COVID deaths. CMS reports whatever the facilities have reported and are ultimately responsible for ensuring accurate submissions and can correct any erroneous data once it’s published.
Michigan recently disclosed this video on Resident Rights. Residents living in nursing homes have numerous rights. Nursing homes are governed by both state rules and federal regulations. These rules and regulations are there to protect residents from abuse, neglect, and exploitation, as well as help improve the quality of life for each person living in
Failure to Plan North Carolina Health News had a great report about the problems in North Carolina nursing homes. The same problems exists in South Carolina as well. Unsafe staffing and gross failures to plan are widespread. The report discusses Principle Long Term Care and its facility Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation. Principle Long Term
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