Training Now Required For Oklahoma Nursing Home Managers

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Anyone who wants to manage a nursing home in Oklahoma in the future will be required to attend an "administrators university."<br/><br/>The board overseeing long-term care facilities

Thursday, August 24th 2006, 9:34 am

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Anyone who wants to manage a nursing home in Oklahoma in the future will be required to attend an "administrators university."

The board overseeing long-term care facilities in the state says future managers need to learn the finer points of ethics, infection control, food safety and financial management of nursing homes.

A four-year college degree is already required to be a nursing home administrator but board members say more specific knowledge and training is needed to operate nursing homes.