Safety comes first: keeping residents safe with bathing and lift equipment upkeep
By
Julie Williamson
May 01, 2010
Preventive maintenance is often overlooked, but performing it is essential to keeping a facility’s bathing and lift equipment in good working condition…
Therapy caps back on as Congress delays action
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2018
Therapy caps are back on for now, even though Congress may still be prepared to eliminate them in 2018.
Pink and purple galore: CNA honored for 45 years — and she’s not done yet
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 04, 2021
For nearly half a century Alveta Roberts has been a certified nursing assistant at the Crest Pointe Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center. That lifetime’s worth of work, professionalism and dedication to...
Augmented Reality puts fun into Neofect’s latest therapy device
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 15, 2020
The new Neofect Smart Balance uses augmented reality to help patients recovering from stroke, ambulatory injuries or other lower body disabilities regain function in their legs. The lower-body rehabilitation...
CVS: Skilled nursing challenges ‘worse than we expected,’ with continued ‘deterioration’ in field
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 21, 2019
A deteriorating skilled nursing industry is largely to blame for CVS’ $421 million loss in the fourth quarter, the Omnicare parent said Wednesday.
Nursing home CNA suspended over inappropriate resident Snapchats
By
Mar 30, 2017
A certified nursing assistant at a Texas nursing home has been suspended after an acquaintance reported inappropriate videos of a resident posted to the employee’s Snapchat.
A recently developed skin graft treatment may help speed up the healing process for chronic wounds like pressure sores and diabetic ulcers — and keep them from coming back.
Ask the legal expert … about personal liability insurance
By
John Durso
Jun 01, 2014
Do you think nursing home or CCRC staff members should have their own personal liability insurance?
AMDA to allow NPs, physician assistants as full members
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 01, 2014
The American Medical Director’s Association has a new name and will now allow nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants full membership.
New guide on prescribing controlled substances in long-term care issued
Aug 25, 2010
Physicians and other prescribers now have better guidance to get through stringent regulations on prescribing controlled substances in long-term care. It comes in the form of a new tip sheet, developed...