Judge bars SNF physicians from making end-of-life decisions for residents
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Feb 09, 2016
A California judge has ordered nursing home physicians to stop making end-of-life decisions and administering psychiatric drugs to residents deemed mentally incompetent.
Injured nursing home workers more likely to lose jobs, study finds
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Feb 09, 2016
Nursing home workers who are injured on the job are twice as likely to be fired within six months, according to new research.
Also in the News for Tuesday, February 9
Feb 09, 2016
Center for Medicare Advocacy concerned over chronic care proposal … Program to cut back on ambulance fraud hurting patients, families say … Prescription drug payment “donut hole”...
CMS urges providers to look at ‘big picture’ of IMPACT Act, health data
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Feb 05, 2016
Although providers are rightfully preoccupied with the requirements of the Improving Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014, they should also be paying attention to widespread changes in data standardization...
Age, antibiotics factors for infected diabetic foot ulcers
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Feb 04, 2016
Older diabetes patients who receive prolonged courses of antibiotics are at the highest risk of having infected diabetic foot ulcers, a new study shows.
Incontinence pilot program brings PSL facilities success
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Elizabeth Newman
Feb 04, 2016
With pressure on continence care mounting for long-term care providers, Presbyterian Senior Living said it recently was able to cut its continence care product cost by more than 52% in just three months.
I couldn’t live without… CareConnection
Feb 04, 2016
By using Constant Care’s CareConnection™ platform, certified nursing assistants at Kentwood Manor in Kentwood, LA, have been able to upload vital signs from residents automatically into electronic...
State News for February 2016
Feb 04, 2016
NEW JERSEY — New Jersey provider organizations are raising concerns over a state bill that would create minimum staffing requirements for certified nursing assistants.
Drugs can provoke urinary incontinence
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 04, 2016
A review of prior studies found that nursing home patients, already prone to overactive bladder or urinary incontinence, are often given medications that exacerbate those conditions.
Music gives second wind to many with breathing issues
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 04, 2016
Patients with chronic respiratory disorders who received music therapy in conjunction with standard rehabilitation saw a marked improvement in symptoms, psychological wellbeing and quality of life, according...