Category: Post-Acute

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.

Here are five recent nursing home closures announced since May 26: 

CMS released updated guidance June 29 on minimum health and safety standards that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. 

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