Resident-to-resident incidents: Using the power of history to improve the safety of nursing home residents
By
Eilon Caspi, Ph.D.
Jan 24, 2020
Distressing and harmful resident-to-resident incidents is one of the most prevalent and concerning phenomena in nursing homes. Several research studies have shown that these incidents can...
An insomniac’s medicine cabinet
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 23, 2020
Wakeful, wandering, grumpy and doomed. These precious words describe our faithful, bleary-eyed columnist most nights.
Dear Santa, please bring one more moment
By
Martie Moore
Dec 18, 2019
I thought I was prepared to face the loss of a thousand moments. I was not. I am not.
2019: What was your message?
By
Renee Kinder
Dec 12, 2019
It’s time to look back at the year, learn from successes, determine areas for continued internal growth, and develop plans for future messaging.
Escape from Emojiland
By
Gary Tetz
Dec 05, 2019
The growing use of a lazy trend in text communications makes me weep for the future of real compassion and empathy.
Cognitive Coding: CPT Updates for 2020
By
Renee Kinder
Nov 21, 2019
With established cognitive treatment code codes published in the final rule, we are no longer lost!
The last-minute guide to trauma-informed care
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Nov 19, 2019
For those who might not be completely ready for the Nov. 28 start date of trauma-related F-tags, I offer some basics on trauma-informed care practices.
Getting nurses to rethink rehospitalization
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 15, 2019
Shouldn’t we avoid transferring people to the hospital if we can treat them in place? Come on, nurses, stop, take a breath, put on your nurse’s thinking cap.
Preparing for trauma-informed care in LTC
By
Lisa Lind
Aug 28, 2019
It is even more crucial for facility staff to be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma, emotional and behavioral effects of trauma, and to have an action plan of how to address their residents’...
The Walk
By
Julie Thorson
Aug 14, 2019
Just as many of you experience, we currently have a very challenging younger resident struggling with the impact of Alzheimer’s disease. She has early onset and it has aggressively attacked her. Any...