In nursing homes and assisted living communities, minorities suffer most from Covid-19, research says
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Working in a nursing home is the most dangerous job in America. Basic measures are needed so front line workers can care for loved ones without risking their lives. @LoriPorterNAHCA, @DavidCGrabowski, and I in @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Nursing Home Staffing: Research
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Yes, many of the quality and staffing issues are led to by financial strains of the organization.
Healthcare providers face imminent shortages of PPE. Contact your Senators and your Representative:
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TELL THEM YOU'RE A CONSTITUENT, and express the need for more PPE to be produced as part of the Defense Production Act NOW.
Complete the survey by 2/16 and your AL community may win $500 #assistedliving #SeniorCare
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Every summer @MathematicaNow hosts doctoral students who pursue independent research projects with support from Mathematica mentors. I interviewed our 2019 summer fellows for the #OnTheEvidence podcast: mathematica.org/commentary/w…
Assisted Living Leaders please help make this survey a success... click links below as appropriate to complete #assistedliving #seniorcare
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Investigators from the @UofR , in partnership with CEAL & 9 national organizations representing providers, advocates, & other stakeholders in assisted living (AL) are conducting a national survey focusing on quality of resident care. Read more here: bit.ly/2sAhawD
LONG TERM CARE LEADER: Participate in Research on Work Environment in Assisted Living. #assistedliving #seniorcare longtermcareleader.com/2019/…
Male scientists portray their studies as “unprecedented,” “remarkable,” and “novel” more often than female ones, a new study finds, which may contribute to gender differences in pay and promotion in the medical world wsj.com/articles/in-publishe…
See Brian McGarry’s comment in the Washington Post, also picked up in the NYTimes. Way to go!!!
Enjoyed talking with Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar @AP for this piece on the new Medicare Plan Finder Tool. Don’t forget to sort your options by total cost! washingtonpost.com/politics/…
The government’s database, Nursing Home Compare, now affixes a red icon to the name of nursing facilities recently cited for abuse or neglect wsj.com/articles/new-governm…
A doctoral student wore a skirt made of rejection letters to defend her dissertation washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine by Rosemary Gibson goodreads.com/book/show/3749… via @goodreads
Shopping blindly for post-acute care is a recipe for disaster statnews.com/2019/06/17/shop… via @statnews
Even as Demand Rises, Nursing Homes Face Major Behavioral Health Hurdles: skillednursingnews.com/2019/…
Helena Temkin-Greener retweeted
"Safety net hospitals were more likely to be penalized...
"Possibl[y], CJR does not account for the increased social vulnerability of patients in safety net hospitals [&] may also exacerbate disparities," report @HsrYueli et al in @JAMA_current. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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“Ratings posted [on] Facebook, Yelp, Google..correlated moderately to strongly with experience-of-care ratings.
“Social media ratings of nursing homes may offer a new opportunity to incorporate consumer perspectives into existing quality report cards.”
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Social media helps with choice of health care providers - our study today doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4… shows that patient ratings for nursing homes on Google & Yelp.com etc. are well correlated with experience of care and "Nursing Home Compare" quality measures.











