The Guardian

MARCH 8, 2023

Bernard Chatting’s family relied on ‘good’ rating from CQC for Dorset care home and allege regulator’s delay in exposing risks led to his death England’s care regulator has been accused of failing to keep private nursing home residents safe after a family alleged a delay in exposing serious risks led to a loved one’s painful premature death.

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Nursing Home Hospitals Healthcare 69

Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

per hour gap for home care but suggested there was no gap for nursing home fees. A southern unitary authority calculated there was a gap £100-135 per week gap for residential care, a £0.59 McClinton said the settlement was not sufficient to help councils increase the rates they pay providers in real terms.

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Nursing Home Home Care Government Hospitals 243

Community Care

MARCH 12, 2024

Care homes or hospitals (‘managing authorities)’ must apply to councils or Welsh health boards (‘supervisory bodies’) to authorise a prospective or existing deprivation. “It seems a waste of resource.”

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Government Nursing Home Mental Health Social Worker 287

Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

CPA member Care England said its analysis of the figures for older people’s care homes revealed a shortfall of over £2bn in this sector alone, with council residential care fees £218 a week below the calculated fair cost on average, and nursing home fees short by £231 per week.

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Home Care Nursing Home Hospitals Government 211

Famcare

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The word hospice derives from the Latin, hospitum , meaning hospitality or place of rest and protection for the ill and weary. When people think about hospice care, they usually think of services being delivered in a patient's home or a freestanding hospice facility.

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Hospice Social Worker Nursing Home Medicare 52

Social Work Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

COVID-19 has disproportionally affected people living in poverty; new immigrants; and those living in healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes), shelters, detention centers, and prisons. The pandemic has also significantly impacted social workers who face hidden mental health consequences.

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Mental Health Social Worker Nursing Home LCSW 98

Relias

JANUARY 19, 2024

According to the American Hospital Association’s Regulatory Overload Report , health systems, hospitals, and post-acute care organizations spend about $39 billion annually to comply with up to 629 federal regulatory requirements (341 for hospitals and 288 for post-acute care).

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Nursing Home Hospitals Healthcare 52

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

demonstrate the ability to match differing therapeutic animal roles and interventions to address the different types of human-health and wellness related needs in different settings (schools, nursing homes, hospitals).

LMSW 75

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Hospitals 75

Relias

APRIL 28, 2023

Guidance on CMS websites includes quality measures focused on preventing pressure injuries and maintaining skin integrity in various settings such as hospitals , nursing homes , inpatient rehabilitation facilities , home health , and more.

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Medicare Healthcare Patient Safety Hospitals 98

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

demonstrate the ability to match differing therapeutic animal roles and interventions to address different types of human-health and wellness related needs in various settings (schools, nursing homes, hospitals).

LMSW 40

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Hospitals 40

University of Connecticut

AUGUST 31, 2022

demonstrate the ability to match differing therapeutic animal roles and interventions to address the different types of human-health and wellness related needs in different settings (schools, nursing homes, hospitals).

LMSW 40

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Hospitals 40

American Board of Clinical Social Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Mami always told me, “when I’m no longer able to take care of myself, put me in a nursing home…my dignity is very important to me”. She has been in and out of the hospital multiple times, close to death several times, and in rehabilitative and physical therapy services as well. Keeping Mami at home is what all of us want.

Nursing Home 40

Nursing Home Rehabilitation Hospitals 40

Relias

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Dementia care is one of the most challenging types of patient care in every setting — from in-home care to assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, and hospitals. A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society analyzed data from 13,631 nursing homes from October 2018 through September 2019.

Nursing Home 52

Nursing Home Home Care Healthcare Hospitals 52

Hospice Social Work

DECEMBER 30, 2018

My fellow healthcare workers: We can do a better job managing out of hospital do not resuscitate orders. Tonight at 11:00 pm I had to call the daughter of a newly admitted patient so we could redo a DNR that was filled out by hospital staff during the patient’s most recent ER visit. And someone at a hospital thought that was ok.

Hospice 52

Hospice Healthcare Hospitals Nursing Home 52

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

demonstrate the ability to match differing therapeutic animal roles and interventions to address different types of human-health and wellness related needs in various settings (schools, nursing homes, hospitals).

LMSW 8

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Hospitals 8

Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

“With more care shifting to home health, providers are able to save time and money by answering patient questions from afar and limiting exposure by avoiding coming into a hospital or other care settings.”. Increased scrutiny of nursing homes. New minimum staffing requirements.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Telehealth Nursing Home Medicare 52

Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Whether your focus is skilled nursing, home health, hospice, or another post-acute sector, are you confident in your survey readiness? With the Biden administration advocating for stricter scrutiny on nursing homes, we know inspection of healthcare facilities may increase even more.

Nursing Home 52

Nursing Home Healthcare Medicare Medicaid 52

Social Work Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

Social workers employed as salaried employees in hospitals, nursing homes, primary care, and other health settings should contact their administration for information regarding the use of GFEs in their setting. In January 2022, NASW posted FAQs on GFEs for social workers at [link].

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Social Worker Nursing Home Medicare Medicaid 98

Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The new, much heralded model of primary care, called the “patient centered medical home” anticipates that all primary care teams will include a behavioral health clinician, among other ancillary health care professionals. There are two cardinal features shared by most of these community contexts, including primary health care.

Psychotherapy 52

Psychotherapy Mental Health Healthcare Clinic 52

Relias

APRIL 6, 2022

To align with the latest federal guidance on state nursing home surveys, consider what policies and practices you need to update to better ensure regulatory compliance. Enhanced Nursing Home Oversight. Post-acute care facilities have long been the subject of reforms targeting quality of care and staffing issues.

Nursing Home 52

Nursing Home Medicare Medicaid Hospitals 52