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On-site home dialysis helped in restoring the man’s kidney function
Article by Kayla Rivas | Fox News Read the article in full at Fox News by following this link: https://www.foxnews.com/health/brooklyn-man-battles-coronavirus-related-pneumonia-then-kidney-damage After Samuel Haltovsky, 63 of Brooklyn, N.Y., surfaced from a two-week...
Veteran’s Success Story with VOCSN at Eastbrook Healthcare Center
"I had good RTs here at Eastbrook. Without their help and without VOCSN, I don’t think I would have been able to get off as fast as I did. It was a combination of determination, people, and the right machine, but I definitely want to thank the team at Eastbrook. As...
Rethinking Facility Safety, Technology, and Social Wellness
The world has been turned upside-down this year. Long-term health care facilities and short-term rehabilitation facilities have had to change almost every policy, plan, structure, and rule. Among these changes, there have been difficult new policies, like the...
Eastbrook Vent & Dialysis – 24/7 Respiratory Therapy Coverage
Eastbrook Healthcare Center is proud to offer Vent & Dialysis with 24/7 Respiratory Therapy Coverage. Our goal is to help you or your loved one get the most out of your stay. We offer in-house dialysis and 24/7 Respiratory Therapy coverage. State-of-the-art...
Weighing the Promise and Perils of Skilled Nursing Ventilator Care Under PDPM
This article was written by Maggie Flynn on December 5, 2019, and Published in Skilled Nursing News View the entire article here. Among the many unknowns of the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is its effect on the types of patients coming into the skilled...
For Nursing Homes, Telehealth is Here To Stay — Albeit With Changes — After Pandemic Ends
The article was written by Maggie Flynn Date: June 29, 2020 Published by Skilled Nursing News, visit the website. The federal government implemented sweeping waivers to broaden access to telemedicine for Medicare beneficiaries at the start of the COVID-19 national...
Weighing the Promise and Perils of Skilled Nursing Ventilator Care Under PDPM
The article is from December 5, 2019, and was written by Maggie Flynn and published on the Skilled Nursing News website, click here to read the article on the Skilled Nursing News website. Among the many unknowns of the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is its...
Successful 2020 Activities
Covid-19 came to the United States in mid-February. Most states went into some form of lockdown around mid-March. Reports of the new, unknown virus were saying that seniors were among the most at risk. The concern for facilities was three-fold. Residents and patients...
On-site home hemodialysis in nursing homes reduces hospitalizations
Written by Elizabeth Newman, Senior Editor McKnight's Long-Term Care News Patients who received more frequent home hemodialysis in a skilled nursing setting were less likely to die or be hospitalized for cardiovascular reasons, a new study finds. The study of 3,619...
CMS cuts to ambulance pay for dialysis will ‘devastate’ access for some
Written by Kimberly Marselas, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Skilled nursing providers and ambulance companies are worried that a looming cut to ambulance reimbursement could limit access to care for dialysis patients, as the new rate drives payment below actual cost...