Life after mechanical ventilation: A new accreditation to improve outcomes
By
Nathaniel Miller
Dec 04, 2023
Mechanical ventilation is the most common intervention for patients admitted to ICUs to allow them to breathe sufficiently on their own. However, prolonged mechanical ventilation can lead to a host of...
Gold in the Keep It Super Simple category goes to RiverSpring Living
By
Foster Stubbs
Dec 04, 2023
In senior living communities across the country, fall prevention always remains a top priority. RiverSpring Living aimed to improve its fall prevention efforts through the use of the NexStride gait device. ...
MDS transition or escape room adventure?
By
Maureen McCarthy
Dec 01, 2023
Skilled nursing facilities across the country unknowingly entered an escape room on Oct. 1, searching for a unique combination of clues, keys and passcodes to solve the puzzle. Their mission: Performing...
Better together
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 30, 2023
An hour or so before the siren in our long-term care factory blasted the official start of the work day, and feeling a heightened level of job-related stress, I strolled into a colleague’s office uninvited...
Growing kidney patient population creates opportunity for more control and better care
By
Michael Aragon
Nov 30, 2023
Skilled nursing facilities play a vital throughput role in our nation’s healthcare system, but that role is increasingly tested by their ability to support a rapidly growing population of dialysis patients....
Tutera wins Gold in Innovator of the Year category thanks to better shift filling
By
Foster Stubbs
Nov 30, 2023
Editor’s note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are publishing focused articles on the 2023 winners of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology...
Medicare Advantage: A not-so-advantageous deal for beneficiaries and providers
By
Brendan Williams
Nov 29, 2023
Open enrollment is well underway for Medicare, as television viewers inundated with cheesy insurance company ads can tell. Those ads must work. For the first time 2024 will see most Medicare...
Meaningful activities enable person-directed living
By
Susan Ryan
Charles de Vilmorin
Nov 28, 2023
What do meaningful activities, resident engagement and person-directed living have in common? The answer is, of course, everything. Assuring the delivery of purposeful, meaningful and engaging activities...
Playbook for nursing home operators in a staffing mandate world
By
Lee Hudson Teslik
Nov 27, 2023
For the nation’s nursing homes, the first three years of the 2020s have presented one peril after another. From facing down the COVID-19 pandemic on the front-lines, to navigating a sweeping staffing...
Connecting pharmacies in post-acute care: An integration that yields powerful results
By
Claire Stephens
Nov 22, 2023
Nursing facilities bear a significant burden regarding medication-related challenges within the vast healthcare landscape. Startling statistics reveal that these challenges come with an enormous financial...