Dementia Care Training and Certification
Providing high-quality dementia care training can lead to significant benefits for both staff members and residents living with dementia. This training can lead to...
LeadingAge Annual Meeting 2021 Call for Sessions Now Open
LeadingAge has opened its call for sessions for the 2021 Annual Meeting. Do you have an idea for a session that should be part...
LeadingAge Aging Service Career Center – Post Your Open Jobs Today!
LeadingAge stands ready during the COVID-19 crisis to help displaced workers find temporary or long-term jobs throughout the Aging Services field. LeadingAge is partnering...
LeadingAge Releases Pandemic Playbook
​For all Americans—especially those who care for older adults—2020 will be remembered as a year of anxiety, stress, fear, and grief. The worst pandemic...
CMS Launches New Nursing Home Resource Center
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new online platform to serve as a centralized hub bringing together the latest information,...
Pharmacy Partnership for Long-term Care Program
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is partnering with pharmacies to offer on-site COVID-19 vaccination services for long-term care facilities when a...
Post-Acute Care Quality Reporting Programs Tip Sheets
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Hospice, Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Public Reporting...
SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections Dry Run Reports
As reported last week in the SDAHO article titled Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare-Associated Infections Measure​, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is pushing forward...
New Guidance for Nursing Home Visitation
On Thursday, September 17 the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released new visitation guidance for nursing homes. CMS Memo QSO-20-39-NH directs state...
Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare-Associated Infections Measure
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Acumen to develop a claims-based quality measure of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) for the...
