LTC providers missing residents’ hearing problems due to masks, other PPE … U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program prevented nearly 280,000 excess deaths … Tooth loss tied to cognitive decline, but timely...
Ask the treatment expert: What can we do to prevent skin tears in our nursing facility?
Jul 01, 2021
What can we do to prevent skin tears in our nursing facility?
Oil, gold, nursing homes? Don’t be a commodity
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2021
With all the talk of impending acquisitions lately, it’s hard not to think of skilled nursing facilities as commodities to be bandied about for the right price — or shuttered if they don’t produce...
MASD weakens skin of masked workers, residents vulnerable due to age and frailty, even before COVID.
Heart failure linked to increased incidence of cancer
Jun 29, 2021
Increased rates of cancer seen among women and men and for cancer at multiple sites, including lip, oral cavity, pharynx, respiratory organs
Risk-bearing execs: Operators need to ‘make some noise’ to make some money
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2021
Skilled nursing providers looking to take on risk for long-term viability need to start getting creative, warn two executives in the business of connecting payers and providers in value-based partnerships.
Surgery favored over conservative care for knee osteoarthritis, Medicare study suggests
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 10, 2021
Seniors with knee osteoarthritis had low rates of dedicated non-surgical care between 2005 and 2010, a new investigation reveals. Study findings suggest that surgery may often be used when conservative...
Ask the care expert: Can you help me with terminology and assessments?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jun 02, 2021
I am a fairly new nurse, and in school we were taught to call openings in the residents’ skin “pressure ulcers” and stage them accordingly. But other nurses are correcting me. They say there are...
Ask the treatment expert: How can we prevent fungal skin infections in hot weather?
Jun 02, 2021
How can we prevent fungal skin infections in hot weather?
Despite the pressure, wound care toughened by pandemic
By
John Hall
Jun 01, 2021
Higher risk, fewer on-site specialists were met with resourcefulness, more comprehensive telemedicine.