Providers are brushing up on new designs, textures, treatments and functions to discover how textiles are competing more against hard flooring surfaces.
New DOJ task forces targeting worst SNFs
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May 04, 2016
The Department of Justice is forming 10 regional task forces to expose and improve nursing homes that are found to provide “grossly substandard” care.
Ask the Care Expert about … nutrition for residents with wounds
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Sherrie Dornberger
May 04, 2016
We are having an increase in the number of residents coming from the hospital with weight loss and wounds. We are doing our best to heal the wounds, but is there a calorie count recommended for residents...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … surgical incisions
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Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
May 04, 2016
I recently admitted my first resident with a surgical incision with staples intact in a hip wound. Do you have tips on how to care for this wound?
American Psychiatric Association calls for ‘judicious’ use of antipsychotics for people with...
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May 04, 2016
Healthcare providers should focus on “judicious” use of antipsychotic medications when treating people with dementia, according to new guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association.
Jennings receives funding
May 03, 2016
Lancaster Pollard recently helped Jennings, a nonprofit organization sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Spirit in Garfield Heights, OH, obtain $28.3 million to refinance existing debt and fund a new...
House lawmakers push CMS to collect Medicare beneficiaries’ mental health data
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Apr 26, 2016
More “robust” data on the mental and behavioral health of Medicare beneficiaries is needed in order to improve the program’s outcomes, lawmakers said last week in a letter to the Centers...
GAO calls for increased violence protection for healthcare workers
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Apr 22, 2016
A new federal report is calling for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to step up its efforts to protect healthcare workers from workplace violence.
CMS drops payment cut related to two-midnight rule
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 20, 2016
Faced with a legal challenge, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has killed a two-midnight inpatient payment cut to hospitals. The agency will not move forward with a 0.2% inpatient payment cut...
Study: Dramatic change in diet reversed type 2 diabetes
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James M. Berklan
Apr 20, 2016
Results of a small British clinical study have raised hopes that type 2 diabetes is reversible in some people if they follow a stark new diet.