Drug-resistant infections add new layer to senior skin care
By
John Hall
Jul 09, 2024
While topical antibiotics like bacitracin have long been effective and part of standard wound care practice, worsening resistance of ringworm and other fungi should prompt caregivers to ensure they are...
Efficiencies drive interest in off-site laundry operations
By
John Hall
Jul 09, 2024
Most independent long-term healthcare businesses are usually unfazed by make-buy decisions unless there are compelling reasons to outsource. There’s little appetite to dispense of an in-house service...
How to … use AI to manage patient medications
By
John Hall
Jun 07, 2024
From accelerating the introduction of important new medicines and improving ordering and inventory processes, to helping older adults better manage multiple prescriptions, artificial intelligence’s reach...
Wound care steps into the digital age with confidence
By
John Hall
Jun 07, 2024
Artificial intelligence tools are dramatically cutting the time needed to diagnose, stage and treat complex wounds in the elderly.
SNFs increasingly embrace the value IPs bring to care
By
John Hall
Jun 07, 2024
Regulations requiring more attention on infection prevention and an expanded role for nursing home infection preventionists were fortuitous, coming as they did just ahead of the COVID pandemic.
Winslow Campus of Care CEO makes it a family affair
By
John Hall
Jun 05, 2024
For Cathy Williams, work in long-term care has never been just an occupation. It’s been a lifelong endeavor.
How to do it… Financing survival
By
John Hall
Apr 12, 2024
Operators have had a rough couple of years navigating through a pandemic and the costly staffing and workforce challenges that have followed. There are plenty of reasons for financial instability. There...
Therapists envision a brave new world in rehab care
By
John Hall
Apr 12, 2024
Rehab therapy providers are showing resilience and moxie while confronting new challenges with post-acute partners.
A positive early verdict for AI in LTC, with caveats noted
By
John Hall
Apr 12, 2024
AI can be used for predictive analytics, scheduling, and anticipating workforce needs and automating tasks such as patient intake — and, increasingly, those uses are coming to the long-term care market.
How to do it … Forge stronger pharmacy-nurse ties
By
John Hall
Mar 04, 2024
The bond between pharmacists and long-term care nurses is one of great trust and professional respect. It requires open, unfiltered and unfettered communication. And it feeds on reliability and teamwork....