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Rule 5160-3-18 | Nursing facilities (NFs): ventilator program.
Find Rule 5160-3-18 on the website: Authorized By: 5165.02, 5165.153 Amplifies: 5165.157 Five Year Review Date: 1/1/2024 Prior Effective Dates: 2/1/2017 (Emer.), 6/9/2017, 1/3/2019, 6/12/2020 (Emer.) Visit the Ohio Government website to review this rule. Here is a...
What Are We Doing to Help Caregivers Feel Valued?
Caregivers are the backbone and most vital element in short-term and long-term care facilities. Hiring and maintaining compassionate, competent, and well-trained staff is imperative in each skilled nursing, assisted living, and rehabilitation center or facility....
Building the Good for Seniors
Senior care facilities are home to a large percentage of our nation’s older adults. Home goes beyond a roof over their head and a few meals a day. Senior care facilities strive to provide belonging, support, relationships, and purpose to seniors in their care....
Changing the paradigm of dialysis in nursing homes
This article was published on the McKnights Long-Term Care News website and written by Brian Wallace on August 31, 2021. You can view the full article on the McKnights website:...
With More Clinically Complex Patients Heading to SNFs, Growing Need for In-House Dialysis Emerges
This article was written in Skilled Nursing News in 2021 but is well worth the read today! The article was written by Alex Zorn on July 27, 2021, and the full article is published on the Skilled Nursing News website and can be found by following this link:...
Signature HealthCARE Eyes SNF Specialization with Dialyze Direct Partnership
This article was written by Maggie Flynn on June 16, 2019 but is still full of valuable information for us all. Review the full article and images on the Skilled Nursing News website:...
Improving kidney care for residents in nursing facilities
This article is from March of 2016 but well worth the read! It was written by Barb Bednar and posted on McKnights Long-Term Care News. Review the full article on the McKnights Long-Term Care News website:...
As COVID-19 Puts New Focus on Caring in Place, Skilled Nursing Facilities Continue to Explore Dialysis
This article was published on 4/9/2021 on Skilled Nursing News and written by Maggie Flynn on April 8, 2021. You can review the full article by visiting the article on Dialyze Direct:...
Understanding the Perspective of the Resident
In the senior healthcare world, it is crucial to understand the perspective of the resident (or patient). Once a care provider understands the world and experiences of the resident, they can help improve their quality of life. Care providers can strive to understand...
Increasing Occupancy in the Wake of the Pandemic
As the COVID-19 vaccine is more widely available, there has been a "nearly 99 percent decline in new COVID-19 cases among nursing home residents." Seniors and healthcare workers were among the first groups to get vaccinated, and because of this, the clinical crisis is...

