Kidney failure is a serious problem in the United States. Nearly 800,000 Americans were living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in 2018. That same year, the total Medicare spending on ESRD patients reached $49 billion. While the industry has tended…
How Telemedicine is Changing Nursing Homes
As we are all aware, nursing homes suffered a great deal during the height of the pandemic, and even long after many things were getting back to normal, nursing homes still lacked the staff they needed to fully meet the…
How the Nursing Home Industry Can Recover Through Cleanliness
2020 will be remembered as one of the worst years for the nursing home industry. Of the 500,000+ coronavirus deaths in the United States, over a third came from nursing home residents and staff. In some states, that figure is…
The Future of Nursing Homes
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, senior citizens have borne the brunt of casualties. This is especially true of those living in nursing homes, though the extent varies. As of September 2020, 25% of US coronavirus deaths occurred in nursing…
How Is Data Fight The Spread Of COVID-19?
How is data being used to save lives during COVID-19?
Nurse Admits Murdering 11 Elderly Patients
An Australian man this week pleaded guilty to murdering 11 elderly residents of a nursing home where he worked briefly in 2011. According to an Australian Associated Press report, 37-year-old Roger Dean admitted during his Australian Supreme Court trial to…
Senior Prostitution Ring Busted at Nursing Facility
Police in New Jersey have arrested two residents of the Vicente K. Tibbs Senior Citizen Building in Englewood, New Jersey for running a prostitution ring for their fellow residents. According to a New Jersey Record report, 75-year-old James Parham and…
Medicare Rule Could Increase Hospitalization, Shows Study
A new study shows that a medicare rule that blocks some nursing home residents from receiving simultaneous reimbursement for hospice and skilled nursing facility (SNF, a medicare-certified nursing home) care may be responsible for those residents receiving “more aggressive” treatment…