DONS who seek consensus suffer fewer citations: study
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2016
Nursing homes whose leaders welcome staff input and share decision-making authority have fewer deficiencies, according to a study published in Health Care Management Review.
Mixed fungi film slows foot ulcer healing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2016
Researchers have discovered that fungi found in chronic wounds can form mixed bacterial-fungal biofilms associated with poor outcomes and longer healing times.
The pressure’s on
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2016
New skin injury standards may lead to clinical clarity but they also present myriad questions about billing and liability issues for many long-term care providers
Biological binding mesh helps with negative pressure healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2016
A bacteria- and fungi-binding mesh dressing should be a wound care layer of choice when chronic wounds are treated with negative pressure wound therapy.
Built for success
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2016
Success for long-term care safety and security systems depends on facilities’ physical features as much as it does on the staff members who work in them
Profile: Beth Burnham Mace
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 05, 2016
As Beth Mace has moved along her path with the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, the journey has become personal.
Medical plastics viewed as the next frontier for recycling
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 05, 2016
Healthcare facilities turn out nearly 30 pounds of waste per day per staffed bed. What if that trash could be made into something beautiful?
Aging sweat glands delay wound healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2016
Sweat glands play an important roll in how skin heals from injury, but they don’t work as well in seniors, say University of Michigan researchers.
Researchers ‘reboot’ tissue to accelerate wound healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2016
Tufts University researchers have for the first time reprogrammed skin cells from diabetic foot ulcers to make them more like stem cells.
Room for improvement
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2016
Therapists and nursing homes are still looking for reimbursement — and clarity — 4 years after the landmark Jimmo settlement set the caregiving community abuzz.