Skilled Nursing Facility

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Data presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting showed higher readmission rates among patients discharged to a skilled nursing facility vs. home health care after total hip arthroplasty.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — In an interview from the American Nephrology Nurses Association National Symposium, Donna J. Bednarski, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CNN, CNP, offers details on a session she chaired on career opportunities for nephrology nurses.

Dialyze Direct announced it has acquired RenPro Renal Services, a dialysis provider to skilled nursing facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

Hiring a full-time infection prevention specialist at a skilled nursing facility in California resulted in significantly improved hand hygiene rates and compliance with infection prevention practices, according to researchers.

Older adults with end-stage-kidney disease receiving dialysis five times a week in skilled nursing facilities report a rapid recovery time of 2 or less hours, according to data published in Hemodialysis International.

Dialyze Direct has completed its acquisition of Compass Home Dialysis, a regional dialysis provider in Pennsylvania, according to a press release.

Satellite Healthcare Inc. and Dialyze Direct executed a letter of intent to enter a strategic partnership collaboration with plans to expand dialysis in the United States, according to a press release.

Delirium, independent of preexisting dementia, at the time of discharge to a skilled nursing facility after HF hospitalization was associated with increased risk for 30-day and 1-year mortality among veterans, researchers reported.

Dialyze Direct announced it has signed a letter of intent to obtain Compass Home Dialysis on or before Feb. 28, 2022.

Dialyze Direct announced its acquisition of Renew Dialysis, a provider of on-site dialysis in skilled nursing facilities in the U.S., from Saber Healthcare Group.