Product innovations, combined with tried-and-true methods, are a winning formula for skin and pressure ulcer care.
State News for October 2014
Oct 01, 2014
ILLINOIS — Gov. Pat Quinn (D) has signed a new law making it easier for people to lodge complaints against nursing homes.
Profile: A rare bird in Congress
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2014
When Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) was around 4 years old, she asked for a doctor’s kit. But growing up in a working class family in Glen Burnie, MD, the future nurse and Congressman didn’t know...
Profile: Christopher Perna
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 06, 2017
A few days before Christmas in 1991, Chris Perna passed out in a work cafeteria and woke up in an emergency room.
Wound care feature: Prevent defense
By
Liza Berger
Sep 09, 2005
Better care, better products may prove to be a nursing facility’s best weapons in the long-term fight against wound care expenses.
Contracting a matter of taste
By
John Andrews
Jul 15, 2004
Larry Harris overhauled his facility’s food service program after having an epiphany. The president of the Willowbrook Christian communities in central Ohio said all it took was a night out with...
No easy solution ahead for LTC funding dilemma
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 15, 2008
The year-end scramble for Medicare and Medicaid dollars ended with a bang — and the usual whimpers from various provider interests. There were winners on one side, losers on the other. And then there...
Lawmakers revisit sprinkler legislation
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2007
Nearly 1 in 5 nursing homes might find themselves shopping for sprinkler systems as a result of a new push from federal lawmakers.
McKnight’s Roundtable: The new world of post-acute care
By
Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2010
Operators dissect how MDS 3.0, ACOs and more are changing the long-term care mindset
Rehabilitation Feature — Countdown : Providers and therapists are nervously watching the calendars,...
By
Liza Berger
Jun 13, 2005
Teresa Hildebrandt would like to begin preparing for the onset of the Medicare therapy caps this January. But she knows a lot can still happen between now and then.
“It’s kind of hard putting...