The importance of designing thoughtful spaces for older adults with sensory disabilities
By
Tu-Anh Bui Johnson
Ron Franks
Jan 17, 2024
Designing inclusive and accessible healthcare spaces can be a challenging experience, especially when architects and planners must heed guidelines that don’t always comprehensively address the needs...
Go where the people are – Why social recruiting works
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Kendra Nicastro
Jan 10, 2024
With more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, I’ve witnessed immense change over the years, especially as it relates to recruiting and hiring. And whether your building is hiring...
Smart care, wise choices: Navigating AI integration in SNFs
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Amy Hester
Jan 04, 2024
The rapid progress of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to reshape various healthcare sectors, with high expectations that AI will deliver on the promise of unlocking patient data for personalized medicine. ...
Easy to implement infection prevention and control strategies during the holidays in LTC facilities
By
Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, DrPH, CIC
Dec 12, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services released a report in January of this year showing that more than 1,000 long-term care facilities in the United States had COVID-19 infection rates of 75% or...
Molecular UTI testing: The key to preventing outbreaks in long-term care facilities
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Joel Diamond
Dec 06, 2023
A new and alarming fungal pathogen, Candida auris (C. auris), is catalyzing a global crisis across long-term care facilities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced C. auris to...
Leveraging AI for improved clinical outcomes and enhanced resident care in LTC facilities
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Bharat Monteiro
Dec 06, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT have become well-known household terms, being utilized for various tasks ranging from resume updates to speech writing. While AI’s applications in healthcare...
Growing kidney patient population creates opportunity for more control and better care
By
Michael Aragon
Nov 30, 2023
Skilled nursing facilities play a vital throughput role in our nation’s healthcare system, but that role is increasingly tested by their ability to support a rapidly growing population of dialysis patients....
Meaningful activities enable person-directed living
By
Susan Ryan
Charles de Vilmorin
Nov 28, 2023
What do meaningful activities, resident engagement and person-directed living have in common? The answer is, of course, everything. Assuring the delivery of purposeful, meaningful and engaging activities...
Playbook for nursing home operators in a staffing mandate world
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Lee Hudson Teslik
Nov 27, 2023
For the nation’s nursing homes, the first three years of the 2020s have presented one peril after another. From facing down the COVID-19 pandemic on the front-lines, to navigating a sweeping staffing...
Connecting pharmacies in post-acute care: An integration that yields powerful results
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Claire Stephens
Nov 22, 2023
Nursing facilities bear a significant burden regarding medication-related challenges within the vast healthcare landscape. Startling statistics reveal that these challenges come with an enormous financial...