Post-Acute

New Jersey will send monitors to Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center at Andover amid continued complaints of "abusive" and "neglectful" actions, Northjersey.com reported. 

Long-term care residents and staff with symptoms or signs of COVID-19 must be tested immediately, regardless of vaccination status, under updated CMS guidance for long-term care facilities. 

Argentum, a national trade association for senior living facilities, recently honored 10 recipients with its 2022 Champions of Seniors Award.

The Joint Commission and Alzheimer’s Association are uniting to improve the quality and safety of dementia care in nursing, skilled nursing, and assisted-living facilities, the organizations said March 10.

Alaska provides the most hours of daily care to nursing home residents in the U.S., while Illinois offers the least, data from a quarterly Long Term Care Community Coalition report shows.

The American HealthCare Association and the National Center for Assisted Living  are seeking a meeting with President Joe Biden and the head of CMS to discuss what they called "factually incorrect" information presented during the president's recent announcement of nursing…

Below are six hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

After discovering calculation errors in two measures related to the March 2022 Care Compare provider preview reports, CMS has corrected and re-released the reports, the agency said March 7.

A troubled New Jersey nursing home has until Aug. 15 to make major changes or face the termination of all federal funding, Nj.com reported last week.

The implementation of a resident safety program is effective in reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in long-term care facilities, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.