April 2022

It’s not my birthday anymore. You missed it.

With Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine and President Biden’s new push for nursing home reforms, we’ve been reminded that history-defining moments do not always qualify as “great.”

As the skilled nursing sector has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs over the last two years, we’ve had plenty of professionals try to explain why providers can’t get staff to stay.

The shift away from minutes to more meaningful encounters is driving innovation that supports patient-centered care, therapists say.

Many nursing homes may soon find themselves scrambling to coordinate information technology with pharmacy services to ensure they have a working e-prescribing system for controlled substances.

Read the digital edition of the April 2022 print issue here. Select excerpts from this month’s magazine can also be found below.

Proposed staff minimums, increased enforcement activity and a ‘chilling’ stance on private investment raise concerns about keeping the doors open.

The government’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadline for nursing home workers did not cause the employee exodus many had warned about.

The global pandemic inspired and incited nurses, aides, therapists and others to provide care on the fly. Disrupted supply chains and rigid emergency government rules forced many out of their comfort zones....

Nursing home residents are typically characterized by how much help they need. But those wisened individuals also like to offer help when they can.