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    News and Notes From Around the Post-Acute Spectrum

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  • Communication and Collaboration are Buzzwords in Healthcare Reform Era
    Last month I spent an evening with a dedicated group of physicians at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Milwaukee, one of the largest skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in the country. During his introductions, Executive Director Gerard Bodalski spoke passionately about the importance of communication – between physicians; physicians and nurses; nurses and nursing assistants; staff […]
    Kindred’s 2012 Quality and Social Responsibility Report
    As part of Kindred’s belief that transparency is essential to a high quality healthcare system, the company issues an annual report that provides detailed data on clinical outcomes, trends in performance and chronicles efforts to further improve quality on behalf of patients, employees and healthcare partners. Kindred’s 2012 Quality and Social Responsibility Report highlights these […]
    Healthcare Headlines Week of May 13, 2013
    Doctors’ Choice of Words Critical to End-of-Life Decisions The way doctors present end-of-life decisions, such as do-not-resusitate (DNR) orders, heavily influences the decisions of patients’ families in how they handle these difficult choices, according to a new study published in the journal Critical Care Medicine. Read the story “Simple changes of words and perceptions about […]
    Honoring Our Speech Language Pathologists
    Each May, we recognize Better Hearing and Speech Month to honor and thank the speech language pathologists who work for us and celebrate their accomplishments. SLPs take the lead in caring for language, speaking and hearing disorders that often afflict our patients. Our SLPs most frequently treat patients with dysphagia, a disorder that affects the […]
    Kindred Celebrates National Hospital Week
    Join us as we recognize Kindred Hospitals – transitional care and inpatient rehabilitation – during National Hospital Week, May 12-18. This is an excellent opportunity to acknowledge the innovations, technologies and staff dedicated to quality patient care. This year’s theme, “A Guiding Light for Changing Times,” echoes the changes happening nationwide in healthcare however, Kindred’s […]
    Healthcare Headlines Week of May 6, 2013
    Genes for Longevity May Protect Against Early Dementia A study published in the journal JAMA Neurology found that people with long-living blood relatives are significantly less likely to develop dementia until they themselves are in their nineties. The subjects in the study were compared to their spouses, who did not have long-living relatives. Read the […]
    Cleveland Nurse Puts the “Care” in Long-Term Care
    A close, long-lasting relationship with the nurse-midwife who delivered her daughter inspired Marvalyn Drayton, RN, BSN, to pursue a career in nursing herself, and to focus on long-term care. “When you are comfortable with the person you are seeing long-term, they become your family,” she said. When she graduated from nursing school nearly four years […]
    Kindred Featured in the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care 2013 Quality Report
    Representing the commitment to pursuing improved quality and the innovations that enable better patient care in our nation’s skilled nursing facilities, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (the Alliance) published its 2013 Quality Report on Skilled Nursing Facility Care. The stated goal of which “is to provide an objective national overview of Skilled Nursing […]
    Healthcare Headlines Week of April 29, 2013
    Medicare Readmissions Rules Questioned as Hospitals Face Penalties As hospitals face penalties for higher-than-expected readmissions rates and new programs are implemented to keep patients from returning, some people are questioning if certain hospitals, such as those that treat the sickest patients and those that serve lower-income populations, are at an unfair disadvantage. Read the story […]
    Healthcare Headlines Week of April 22, 2013
    Confusion Over New Health Laws May Lead to More Scams Seniors have long been targets for scammers, and that trend may be on the rise. Authorities are reporting an increase in insurance-related scams across the country and the new health care laws are creating a new tool for scammers, who play on confusion about them. […]
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