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October 2011 Blog Posts (17)

Skilled Healthcare Group Reports Third Quarter 2011 Adjusted EPS of $0.32

Press Release
Oct. 31, 2011 4:46 p.m. EDT


FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Skilled

Healthcare Group, Inc. …
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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 31, 2011 at 6:13pm — No Comments

California gets go-ahead to cut Medicaid payments to providers by 10%

October 31, 2011

Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA)
Gov. Jerry Brown

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 31, 2011 at 10:33am — No Comments

Reducing Unnecessary Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents



Oct 2011 - 2:00 PDT





It's an all too common scenario in U.S. nursing homes a 90-year-old resident with moderately advanced Alzheimer's disease, congestive heart failure with severe left-ventricular…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 30, 2011 at 1:21pm — No Comments

We have 34 Nursing Home Administrator Jobs in 14 States

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Added by Tony Perry on October 27, 2011 at 10:09am — No Comments

Senior housing market starting to see a

Assisted living facilities price per unit have gone up in the last year while prices per bed in skilled nursing facilities have declined slightly, according to a new report.

Assisted living units saw a 57% increase over calendar year 2010, reaching $161,700, a study…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 27, 2011 at 10:05am — No Comments

Natural disasters make illness more likely for LTC residents

Natural disasters make illness more likely for LTC residents, study finds  
Long-term care residents that…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 24, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

Massachusetts nursing homes feeling the economic pinch

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U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, right,…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 22, 2011 at 3:09pm — No Comments

GOP senators want major Medicare and Medicaid changes

 



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Senate Finance Committee Republicans have submitted a deficit-reduction…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 17, 2011 at 9:58am — No Comments

Nursing home mixes disco and dancing to rally enthusiasm





An NuCare video was designed to boost morale…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 14, 2011 at 10:03am — No Comments

SNF resident satisfaction up, survey citations down

SNF resident satisfaction up, survey citations down, report finds  

Resident satisfaction rates…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 13, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Duplicate LTC inspections

Limit duplicate LTC inspections, report

says

 

A recommendation to limit duplicative nursing home and assisted living

inspctions has drawn kudos from a leading healthcare group.

Rep. Tom Latham…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 11, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

12 New MDS Coordinator Jobs

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Added by Tony Perry on October 8, 2011 at 9:15pm — No Comments

Providers must be compliant with new nursing home payment rules

Providers must be compliant with new nursing home payment rules or face rejection of claims, expert says

Nursing home administrators must be absolutely certain their billing department staff and MDS coordinators are up to speed on the newly implemented…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 6, 2011 at 10:27am — No Comments

Healthcare workers should iron uniforms after laundering

Study: Healthcare workers should iron

uniforms after laundering them at home

Hot water and an iron may be the ticket to

keeping dangerous bacteria off of nursing uniforms, a new study suggests.



Many of Britain's National Health…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 5, 2011 at 10:34am — No Comments

31 Director of Nursing / DON / DNS Jobs

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Added by Tony Perry on October 1, 2011 at 8:00pm — No Comments

The Cost Effectiveness Of Prevention Of Bedsores in LTC

Study Shows The Cost Effectiveness Of Prevention Of Bedsores In Long-Term Care Homes



For all long-term care residents, pressure reduction foam mattresses were cost-effective 82% of the time compared to standard mattresses, with average savings of $115 per resident, the researchers showed. Foam cleansers for incontinence care would be cost-effective 94% of the time compared to…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 1, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

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