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CMS Updates Guidance for Nursing Home Visitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Work Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on nursing home residents, families, and staff. Recognizing the physical and emotional toll of these visitation restrictions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated its guidance to nursing homes regarding visitation during COVID-19.

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

Relias

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. The speed of change in healthcare requires post-acute care organizations to take a different approach to job preparedness.

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Supporting the Competence of Dementia Care Teams

Relias

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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Getting a head start on flu and other infections

Social Care

without an employer led occupational health scheme, including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those… employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets.”

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Survey Readiness: Post-Acute Care Compliance Checkup

Relias

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.