Asbestos exposure triggers nursing home evacuation, OSHA fines for contractor and facility … First half of year set blistering pace for healthcare data breaches … One of New York’s biggest nursing...
Research app for Parkinson’s patients launched
Mar 10, 2015
Sage Bionetworks, a nonprofit biomedical research organization, and researchers have debuted Parkinson mPower, an iPhone app-based study of symptom variation in Parkinson’s disease.
Ask the Nursing Expert about … the Facility-Wide Assessment
By
Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Dec 06, 2017
My administrator has asked me to lead the effort to prepare our Facility-Wide Assessment (FWA). What does this mean for me, as the director of nursing?
CDC: More than a quarter of seniors fall each year
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
About 27% of adults aged 65 and older said they’d fallen at least once in the past year. And more than 10% were injured as a result, the latest data shows.
CMS forms free infection control course
By
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...
End of lockouts for in-house CNA training in sight?
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 25, 2019
A skilled nursing advocate is praising a renewed effort by U.S. lawmakers that would allow providers to reinstate certified nursing aide training programs at facilities that have been assessed significant...
Hospice spouses less depressed: study
By
Holly Petrovich
May 27, 2015
Symptoms of depression are less common in the spouses of hospice residents when compared to families where hospice was not involved, a recent study suggests.
Senator demands fire-safety update
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 28, 2007
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) wants federal regulators to issue an update on the status of fire safety in nursing homes. Grassley sent a letter to the acting director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Pressure sores rising in LTC
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 06, 2017
Preventive policies are credited for lowering pressure injuries in hospitals by about half over the past decade, even as long-term care rates rose, a new analysis found.
Old-school press releases remain an effective way to gain press coverage
Jul 07, 2009
There’s no doubt that we’ve entered the era of blogs and social networking. So it might come as a bit of a surprise that old-school press releases remain one of the most effective ways for...