The changes to end-of-life skin wound classification in the most recent Minimum Data Set update are ultimately a positive for long-term care, but regulatory ambiguity and potential legal concerns still...
Clinical briefs for Monday, April 15
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 15, 2024
Infections after spinal surgery come from skin before operation, study finds … Messaging matters to reach people caring for older adults … Universities should embrace older adults for lifelong learning,...
Joint Commission emphasizes diagnosis, treatment of pressure injuries
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 18, 2023
The Joint Commission has issued guidance on pressure injuries which can raise the risk for people to have worse outcomes including amputation and infection. The recommendations aim to equip healthcare...
New organization looks to elevate LTC wound care standards
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 21, 2023
A former Genesis HealthCare executive has launched a new national collaborative meant to educate long-term care professionals on all aspects of wound care and skin health.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 12
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 12, 2023
FDA: Watch out for compounded ketamine … Nasal vaccine for COVID-19 worked in trial … Herbal extra Sailuotong improves aspects of MCI … Non-melanoma skin cancer kills more than melanoma
Arkansas Nurse Honor Guard spotlights a pair of nursing home residents in historic observance
By
Foster Stubbs
Jan 30, 2024
Eva Young and Jan Stackhouse might be long-term care residents today but as former nurses, they were once providing the care themselves. Young began her nursing career in 1949 while Stackhouse’s began...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Nov. 9
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 09, 2023
Early onset Afib raises dementia risk … Food allergies may boost heart disease, death risk … PET scans could spot Parkinson’s, Lewy body dementia … Older adults want health discounts, ask docs...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Feb. 6
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 06, 2024
ChatCPT has potential to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease … C. diff antibiotic lowered recurrence … Combo therapy reduces blood pressure in ibrutinib patients … FDA eyes improving accuracy of pulse...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 5
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 05, 2023
Graphene oxide can make amyloid peptides in Alzheimer’s less toxic … SGLT2 inhibitors among diabetes meds that may prevent Parkinsons, study says … Bioprinted skin can speed up wound healing …...
Report: Doctors doling out antifungal creams at high rates, causing drug resistance
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 16, 2024
Doctors in the United States are prescribing antifungal creams at rates so high they could be contributing to the rise of drug-resistant infections, new research shows.