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Skilled Healthcare Group Reports Third Quarter 2011 Adjusted EPS of $0.32

Press Release
Oct. 31, 2011 4:46 p.m. EDT


FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Skilled

Healthcare Group, Inc. …
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California gets go-ahead to cut Medicaid payments to providers by 10%

October 31, 2011

Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA)
Gov. Jerry Brown

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Reducing Unnecessary Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents



Oct 2011 - 2:00 PDT





It's an all too common scenario in U.S. nursing homes a 90-year-old resident with moderately advanced Alzheimer's disease, congestive heart failure with severe left-ventricular…

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We have 34 Nursing Home Administrator Jobs in 14 States

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Added by Tony Perry on October 27, 2011 at 10:09am — No Comments

Senior housing market starting to see a

October 27, 2011

Assisted living facilities price per unit have gone up in the last year while prices per bed in skilled nursing facilities have declined slightly, according to a new report.

Assisted living units saw a 57% increase over calendar year 2010, reaching $161,700, a study…

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MDS 3.0 completion times are up, job satisfaction is down



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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 25, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Natural disasters make illness more likely for LTC residents

October 24, 2011
Natural disasters make illness more likely for LTC residents, study finds  
Long-term care residents that…
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Massachusetts nursing homes feeling the economic pinch

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U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, right,…

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GOP senators want major Medicare and Medicaid changes

 

October 16, 2011


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Senate Finance Committee Republicans have submitted a deficit-reduction…
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Nursing home mixes disco and dancing to rally enthusiasm



October 14, 2011


An NuCare video was designed to boost morale…
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SNF resident satisfaction up, survey citations down

October 13, 2011
SNF resident satisfaction up, survey citations down, report finds  

Resident satisfaction rates…

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Duplicate LTC inspections

Limit duplicate LTC inspections, report

says

October 11, 2011 

 

A recommendation to limit duplicative nursing home and assisted living

inspctions has drawn kudos from a leading healthcare group.

Rep. Tom Latham…

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12 New MDS Coordinator Jobs

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Added by Tony Perry on October 8, 2011 at 9:15pm — No Comments

Providers must be compliant with new nursing home payment rules

Providers must be compliant with new nursing home payment rules or face rejection of claims, expert says

October 06, 2011

Nursing home administrators must be absolutely certain their billing department staff and MDS coordinators are up to speed on the newly implemented…

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Healthcare workers should iron uniforms after laundering

Study: Healthcare workers should iron

uniforms after laundering them at home

October 05, 2011
Hot water and an iron may be the ticket to

keeping dangerous bacteria off of nursing uniforms, a new study suggests.



Many of Britain's National Health…
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31 Director of Nursing / DON / DNS Jobs

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Added by Tony Perry on October 1, 2011 at 8:00pm — No Comments

The Cost Effectiveness Of Prevention Of Bedsores in LTC

Study Shows The Cost Effectiveness Of Prevention Of Bedsores In Long-Term Care Homes



For all long-term care residents, pressure reduction foam mattresses were cost-effective 82% of the time compared to standard mattresses, with average savings of $115 per resident, the researchers showed. Foam cleansers for incontinence care would be cost-effective 94% of the time compared to…

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