During a pandemic or other crisis that requires a lockdown or isolation, the benefits of breaking down buildings into neighborhoods — smaller areas with separate dining and other accommodations — are...
5 tips to managing skin pH and IASD in your facility
By
Oliver Krause-Huckleberry
Mar 29, 2017
It’s common knowledge in the long-term care industry that more than half of the adults in facilities are incontinent.
Elevating WHO’s least observed moment in hand hygiene
By
Tom Bergin
Jun 05, 2017
Improving hand hygiene among healthcare workers is the single most important intervention in reducing the spread of infection.
HIPAA, electronic health records & the data breach waiting to happen
By
Eugene Solomon
Jul 17, 2013
Many providers don’t realize the general insurance policy they have in place may not cover HIPAA fines or additional costs. In fact, many policies specifically exclude the sorts of fines and expenses...
Mattresses: cost-effective solutions to manage COVID-19 infection control
By
Ana Endsjo
May 18, 2020
Infection control is a top priority while facing the COVID-19 virus. With strict cleaning and disinfecting protocols set in place, facilities’ staff are fearful and wondering, “Am I using the appropriate...
Virtual care: Generating new revenue streams
By
Bryan Fuhr
Feb 27, 2013
As current residents “age out” of independent living and ALF settings, they are not being replaced by the next generation of seniors.
How will artificial intelligence transform resident care?
By
Deepak Gaddipati
Dec 02, 2020
Early intervention is the key to better health outcomes for older adults, but achieving this can be rather elusive in senior care. Care today is reactive and often bogged down in busywork. As it is, many...
Measuring pain and relief
Apr 10, 2015
Medicine has categorized, labeled and measured the pathways and physiology of pain including the molecular receptors for pain relieving drugs. We can perform sophisticated surgeries to address sources...
Cultural sensitivity speeds up recovery
By
Jane Danner
Feb 04, 2019
Lovers have long insisted that home is where the heart is. It also may be where the health is. The international journal Building Research and Information published a meta-study in January 2018 examining...
An invitation to decode dementia
By
David Troxel
Aug 29, 2023
The famed British dementia researcher Dr. Tom Kitwood once said that caregivers are “physicians of the human spirit.” I would argue that life enrichment and activity professionals in senior living...