From Genesis to Revelation: Nursing home helps break Bible-reading record one book at a time
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Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2018
Virginia nursing home resident Nancy Macy had already read the Bible in its entirety three times, but she’d sent her well-worn King James home with family and thought she might not spend time with...
Plants and animals inspire tissue-restoring dressings
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Engineers have developed two new nano ber dressings that accelerate healing and improve tissue regeneration. Both dressings — created by researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering...
Alternative wound scoring tool ‘effective’
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
An 18-month review of the Long Beach Wound Scores system showed it can be an intuitive and effective way to assess and categorize patients with diabetic foot ulcers. LBWS includes five assessments using...
SNF supervisor pilot boosts culture and staff retention
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Efforts to improve frontline supervision can enhance the quality of entry-level jobs in long-term care and lead to higher retention of certified nursing assistants and better patient care, according to...
CMS forms free infection control course
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
A new, multi-day course is being designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help nursing homes prepare for the infection preventionist requirement included in the revised final rules of...
Back on the dance floor
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
It’s not unusual for nursing home staff to help a resident walk again. But when that resident has a rare neurodegenerative disease and wants badly to not just walk but to dance at her son’s...
Depression care may reverse memory, cognitive problems
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Measuring neuropsychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety, agitation and irritability can help predict who will develop mild cognitive impairment, and who will progress to dementia. So found researchers...
Nighttime light may lead to depression
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
A Japanese study finds low-level light exposure at night can be associated with depressive symptoms in elderly adults. Researchers used light meters to measure nighttime light exposure in the bedrooms...
Whistleblower with millions at stake will appeal Consulate False Claims overturned verdict
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Whistleblower Angela Ruckh plans to appeal an overturned False Claims verdict that likely cost her upward of $50 million.
‘Mass chaos’: 37,000 nursing home eviction notices prepared in Louisiana
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Louisiana’s Department of Health is preparing to send eviction notices to about 37,000 nursing home and other long-term care residents who could lose Medicaid coverage under the current budget.