Patient falls – What is your incident reporting process?
By
Betty Norman
Mar 31, 2017
Patient falls are the most frequently reported incident in most senior living and community based care settings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pest hot spots: Receiving and storage areas
By
Greg Baumann
Feb 06, 2014
Work with your pest management professional to implement an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program to make sure pests aren’t given easy entry. By eliminating attractants in this area, an IPM approach...
Leadership, leader, mentor…what do these terms mean?
By
Michael DeFrancesco
Jun 03, 2013
Day in and day out, people are focused on their daily routine. They take care of what they need to do and sometimes don’t look further than their current role. No matter whom we are or what our career,...
How to prevent UTIs before they attack
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 26, 2019
In long-term care facilities, UTIs account for the second most common infection and the most common cause of hospitalization for bacterial infection.
F-Tag in focus: F-332 and F-Tag 333
By
Sonja Quale
Sep 20, 2016
A “significant medication error” means one which causes the resident discomfort or jeopardizes his or her health and safety.
Scenting and odor remediation in LTC facilities
By
Roel Ventura
Jul 08, 2016
For any business, creating a pleasant environment is essential to attracting and retaining clients.
Combating nurse burnout with predictive analytics
By
Russ DePriest
May 20, 2020
Florence Nightingale is an inspiration to all generations of nurses. She introduced new standards for training and creating hygiene guidelines that helped institute modern infection control. She was a...
Achieving true interoperability
By
Babar Nawaz
Apr 07, 2020
You might think that by this third decade of the 21st century, the computer systems of any long-term services and supports organization could talk seamlessly, reliably and securely to any pharmacy or doctor’s...
EPS ban could impact senior care
By
Michael Greenfield
Jul 24, 2015
A ban on certain expanded polystyrene (EPS) in New York City is going to make an impact on senior living facilities, and may set a precedent.
How new material health standards will impact LTC facilities
By
Curt Fessler
Nov 06, 2013
Clean living environments are essential to long-term health. The more time we stay in a building, the more impact its environment has on our health. Long-term care residents will spend much of their later...