Like many respectable professions, long-term care has plenty of highly competitive, aggressive people. Brave scientists who sedate, tag and study them in the wild have labeled them Type A personalities.
The ‘other’ incontinence
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Julie Williamson
Mar 04, 2016
Managing fecal incontinence takes a multi-layered approach that everyone in the caregiving loop better start learning more about as soon as possible
How to do it… be ‘up’ on IT
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John Hall
Mar 04, 2016
Information technology can be one of an administrator’s biggest and most intimidating challenges. This special How To article offers expert advice on how providers who don’t typically work...
Ask the Nursing expert about … elopement programs
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Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Mar 04, 2016
My director of nursing asked me to start an elopement program. Since I’m new to long-term care, can you tell me what I should do, and where I should start?
Profile: Alice Bonner
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Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2016
Even if long-term care providers don’t know much about the personal life of Alice Bonner, Ph.D., RN, they have likely seen her in running shoes.
State News for March 2016
Mar 04, 2016
HAWAII — Hawaii legislators were slated at press time to introduce a bill that would create the first universal long-term care insurance program in the country.
Chiropractor sentenced to prison in SNF ‘fall reducing’ boot scheme
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Mar 04, 2016
A Missouri chiropractor who sold custom orthotic boots to nursing home residents claiming they would reduce falls was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison Wednesday.
A fistful of credits with 10th Online Expo
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James M. Berklan
Feb 26, 2016
The 10th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo is around the corner, and with it comes the opportunity for attendees to earn five free continuing education credits. The virtual trade show features five educational...
Nursing home sued after employee posts nude photos of resident
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Feb 25, 2016
A lawsuit has been filed against a South Dakota nursing home where an employee posted nude photos of a resident on social media. This marks the first time a facility has been sued in such a case, in addition...
House, Senate members urge CMS against cuts to Medicare Advantage
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Feb 19, 2016
More than half the members of both the House and Senate joined together this week to ask the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to cut payments to Medicare Advantage.