CNAs, as the largest contingent of staff members in nursing homes, should be known as a careforce, a term seized on recently by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Long-term stroke survival rates reveal need for improved stroke care
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 18, 2022
A group of Australian researchers are calling for improvements in acute stroke care, after a study they conducted showed that nearly two-thirds of stroke patients fail to survive more than a decade and...
CDC study challenges theory healthcare workers mostly contracted COVID outside their facilities
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 18, 2022
Most healthcare workers who got COVID-19 were likely infected at work, rather than in the community. That’s according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released last week. It’s...
CDC study counters belief that most healthcare workers were exposed to COVID outside of work
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 18, 2022
A new federal study suggests that healthcare workers were more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 at their job early on during the pandemic — contradicting previous research that suggested workers that...
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News captures ASBPE Awards Gold
Apr 18, 2022
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News earned top regional honors for its news coverage in the 2022 Azbee Awards competition.
Recently discharged patients pose risk for spreading C. difficile infection
Apr 15, 2022
Longer hospitalization ups the risk of household transmission
Patient and family engagement — understanding CoreQ
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 14, 2022
On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility...
Electrocardiography should be considered for nocturnal enuresis
Apr 13, 2022
Survey of physicians finds that only 1.1% proposed performing ECG in case of unexplained nocturnal enuresis episodes
Potential moral injury seen in healthcare workers similar to vets
Apr 12, 2022
Demographic characteristics suggestive of less empowerment may increase risk for moral injury
Hypertension, CHD risk up with history of allergic disorders
Apr 12, 2022
Risk for hypertension highest for those age 18 to 57 years; CHD risk highest for those aged 39 to 57 years, men, Blacks