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SOUTH DAKOTA — Avera became the second entity attempting to intervene in the operations transfer of 17 South Dakota nursing facilities in receivership, according to local reports. Former manager Skyline...

A surgical flap procedure using tissue from the glutes can improve blood flow and provide reliable healing of sacral pressure ulcers, according to a Chinese study.

A subepidermal scanner can help with early detection of non-visible tissue injuries, based on a study of 35 hospitalized patients.

Q: Based on your research, what are some of the challenges with how facilities apply worker scheduling? A:The culture of nursing homes is we care for families or elders, and sometimes employees get left...

BAndrew Applewhite’s patient had HIV and diabetes. She needed dialysis, but she had used up all the days in her Medicare stay and was discharged from a Texas skilled nursing facility. That the patient...

Nursing homes are in a constant state of war with stubborn pathogens. Diligently staying clean while contending with the latest infection control rules is no picnic.  Every day, staff are confronted with...

Five Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities run by embattled Skyline Healthcare closed in May, as the operator faced ongoing inability to pay bills. The state’s Department of Public Health revealed...

We have a high number of admissions each week. What assessments and interventions should we consider for skin integrity upon admission? A head-to-toe skin inspection and a skin integrity risk assessment...

Given an increasingly ambulatory population, the presence of water and the kind of warm and moist environment that invites bacteria to breed, risk is inherent in skilled nursing bathing areas.

Ensuring proper diagnoses and assessments of wounds is key. Under the Patient-Driven Payment Model, wounds can impact reimbursement under the nursing and non-therapy ancillary (NTA) components.