Category: Post-Acute

Nearly 120 residents remain at Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center at Andover (N.J.) as the facility prepares to close in August after a troublesome history, Sparta Independent reported July 19.

Proposed federal staffing minimums for nursing homes could cost the industry $10 billion annually to hire more than 187,000 more caregivers, a July 19 report from the American Health Care Association and consulting firm Clifton Larson Allen found.

Below are six hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

Touchstone Healthcare Community in Sioux City, Iowa, which has been fined a total of $500,000 by the federal government since 2016, is closing, NBC affiliate KTIV reported July 15.

The CDC updated enhanced barrier precautions for nursing facilities July 12 to protect residents from multidrug-resistant organisms.

Below are seven hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

CMS updated its nursing home staffing rating system July 7 to include four new measures.

Senior housing occupancy increased from 80.5 percent in the first quarter of 2022 to 81.4 percent in the second quarter, making it the fourth consecutive quarter increase, according to a July 7 report from the National Investment Center.

A first-of-its-kind robot programmed to help care for early-stage Alzheimer’s patients debuted at the Estates of Roseville (Minn.) July 6. 

Below are six hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.