On March 31, Daveth Forbes-Thomas, MSN, RN, began serving as CEO of the NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinney nursing home in New York City, located in the same Brooklyn neighborhood where she grew up. Ms. Forbes-Thomas spent six years at McKinney…
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New York City-based Mount Sinai will establish the Steven S. Elbaum Family Center for Caregiving, a support center dedicated to the psychological needs of caregivers. The center will be led by Allison Applebaum, PhD, a professor of geriatrics and palliative…
Almost 25% of inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the U.S. exceeded the national rate of patient falls between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, according to CMS data released March 26. The majority of facilities reported a fall rate at…
Alaska had the highest total nurse staffing and RN staff levels out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2024, according to a report published by the Long Term Care Community Coalition. CMS…
Addison, Ill.-based Chamberlain University School of Nursing, the largest nursing school in the U.S., has partnered with the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing to offer a post-acute care specialty training course. The partnership was announced at the AAPACN’s 2025…
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Out of 129 older adult community operators, Brookdale Senior Living has the most communities included in the “2025 Best Senior Living” list published April 15 by U.S. News & World Report. Of the 632 Brookdale communities evaluated by the outlet,…
The PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Dover (Del.) has been acquired for $23.5 million by real estate investment firm Sila Realty Trust. The hospital was built in 2019 as a joint venture between Enola, Pa.-based PAM Health and Dover, Del.-based…
The American Hospital Association has expressed its support for a proposed House bill to revise reimbursement rates for long-term care hospitals. The Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025 aims to establish new criteria allowing…
Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care has agreed to sell the Baptist Memorial Restorative Care Hospital, a long-term acute care facility, to Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical Corp. The facility will be renamed Select Specialty Hospital – Memphis East after the…
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine in March appointed Kristina Newport, MD, as chief medical officer for the organization. Dr. Newport currently serves as chief of palliative care for Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health. She recently spoke with…