Getting referrals from hospitals, home health agencies and hospice agencies isn’t only about the quality of care you provide. Sure, you’ll need to have consistently good outcomes, a clean and...
Barriers prevent LTC residents from reaping full benefits of telemedicine: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 18, 2022
New technology learning curves and a preference for in-person care create barriers to telemedicine for independent living residents, a Stanford University study finds.
Long-term care leaders can have ‘the best of both worlds,’ experts assert
By
Danielle Brown
May 18, 2022
CHICAGO — No long-term care leader should have to sacrifice their personal life in order to achieve career goals, industry experts stressed during the latest McKnight’s thought-leadership panel discussion.
MRSA and VRE persist in resident rooms, nursing home study finds
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 18, 2022
Two common types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can linger in resident rooms — even during changes of occupancy, a new facility study finds.
Tooth survival after root canal varies widely across U.S. regions
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 18, 2022
Tooth longevity ranges from about nine to 20 years after a root canal, depending in part on where one lives, a new study has found.
Parting thoughts, and a pricey problem
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 17, 2022
While I haven’t run out of material, I’m tapping out my last column because I don’t want to run out of time. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from sitting by the bedsides of elders in the...
How to take a whole-person approach to patient care
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Marlene Sheehy
May 16, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, patient care mattered more than ever. Unfortunately, patients’ perceptions of care have slipped downward since 2020. According to recent research by Press Ganey, patients...
McKnight’s named best in the nation for news coverage
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James M. Berklan
May 16, 2022
The American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE) has named McKnight’s Long-Term Care News the 2022 Gold Medalist in the Best Print News Section category.
Early tracheostomy may not improve lives of stroke patients discharged to SNFs
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 16, 2022
The strategy of early tracheostomy, compared with a standard approach, did not significantly improve survival without severe disability at six months, investigators say.
F-tags study reveals common misuses of psychotropic drugs in LTC
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 13, 2022
A study of deficiency-of-care citations in nursing homes offers lessons on reducing over-reliance on psychotropics in residents with dementia, investigators say.