A new survey of more than 100 US nursing homes revealed that while many are still struggling to meet staffing needs, they are excelling in building a culture of safety for residents. The survey used 12 patient safety culture composite measures to determine whether or not responding facilities had workplace cultures rooted solidly in safety. The top three positive responses, or signs of a safety culture, were feedback and communication about incidents (83%), overall perceptions of resident...

Days after the Trump administration ordered a sweeping freeze of federal communications, the ban was scheduled to lift on Feb. 1. That didn’t happen – leaving long-term care providers and others watching the clock for updates on when they’ll again receive critical, perhaps lifesaving information. Operators such as WesleyLife, Iowa’s largest nonprofit provider of health and well-being services for seniors, said much of the halted correspondence has historically helped keep residents and team...