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COVID-19 and First Responder Social Workers: An Unexpected Mental Health Storm

Social Work Blog

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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Transforming Compliance: From Burden to Competitive Advantage

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Every year, healthcare organizations spend billions on regulatory compliance. Increased home health regulations, staffing requirements for nursing homes , expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency waivers — and more regulations on the horizon — make keeping up with the changes and navigating necessary training requirements daunting.

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Future-Proof Your Workforce: Post-Acute Care Reskilling and Upskilling

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The speed of change in healthcare requires post-acute care organizations to take a different approach to job preparedness. Leaders in assisted living, skilled nursing, home health, rehab therapy, wound care, and hospice know you can’t hire all the skills your organization will need tomorrow and in the future.

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Supporting the Competence of Dementia Care Teams

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A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society analyzed data from 13,631 nursing homes from October 2018 through September 2019. The average annual staff turnover rates were about 44% for registered nurses and 46% for total nursing staff.

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Nursing Home Compliance: Prepare for Focused Inspections

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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. Other calls for reform have come from inside the healthcare industry. CMS Guidance to State Survey Agencies.

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Survey Readiness: Post-Acute Care Compliance Checkup

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Federal and state agencies’ routine surveys of healthcare organizations can be stressful. Whether your focus is skilled nursing, home health, hospice, or another post-acute sector, are you confident in your survey readiness? Regardless of the healthcare setting, you don’t want to be on this type of list.