Roughly 20 million people struggle with chronic tinnitus, while 2 million have extreme and debilitating cases.
Mosquitoes are active: What can you do?
By
Ron Harrison, Ph.D.
Jul 31, 2015
Some mosquitoes also carry a relatively new virus in the United States called chikungunya virus.
The truth behind long-term care insurance
By
Brendan Williams
Jul 06, 2018
For some, long-term care insurance has long been viewed, despite all evidence to the contrary, as a nostrum to fix what ails long-term care.
The very anxious resident: A team approach
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 15, 2014
I’ve developed a set of suggestions for working with “challenging,” anxious residents, who can disrupt everyone around them. If caregivers don’t have sound strategies like these,...
5 tips to bring back the joy of eating
By
Jessica A. Iannotta, MS, RD, CSO, CDN and Susan Bratton
Sep 13, 2017
It is no secret that cancer treatments—or even the cancer itself—can have a negative effect on patients’ appetites, often making mealtime an everyday struggle.
Interoperability: Balancing risks and opportunities
By
Greg Nicholas
May 26, 2017
My previous article in this series made the case for interoperability in long-term care and how it has become an essential data communications foundation for so many critical clinical and financial decisions...
Tackling nurse bullying
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 12, 2014
In a session on bullying among nurses at NADONA’s annual conference this week, audience members were invited to say how they felt when a supervisor yelled at them. I heard “embarrassed,”...
Reducing learned helplessness in LTC
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jul 11, 2013
John O’Connor’s recent post on the pain/depression cycle raised some interesting points about depression in long-term care. Reducing learned helplessness that is often seen in depression is...
Staying engaged so that you can engage others
Aug 25, 2017
Clarify your own sense of purpose. What aspects of your work provide meaning for you?
Automating patient care equipment cleaning and disinfection
By
Karl Soderquist
Jun 08, 2016
Hospitals, long-term care, rehab facilities and other providers share a common objective: Keep patient care equipment clean and infection free.