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Ventas announced unsecured paper note program
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Elizabeth Newman
Jan 23, 2019
Ventas Realty has established an unsecured commercial paper note program in the United States, the company announced.
‘Many lives could have been saved’: Geriatricians needed in pandemic discussions, expert says
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Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2020
The federal government and policymakers need to fully engage experts in geriatrics and long-term care medicine to help stop COVID-19’s deadly toll on nursing homes, a long-term care expert told House...
Harnessing gratitude
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jun 09, 2015
Though it was close to 20 years ago, I’ll never forget the reaction of one of my patients to losing both of her legs to diabetes. Residents like her make it quite clear that it is possible to be...
Delta variant decreasing vaccine effectiveness among frontline healthcare workers, CDC study shows
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Danielle Brown
Aug 25, 2021
Fully vaccinated frontline healthcare workers were significantly better protected from contracting COVID-19 before the delta variant emerged as the dominant strain, according to new data released by the...
Long-term care communities lacking LGBTQ inclusive policies, report finds
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Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2021
Long-term care operators are being urged to ensure they have non-discriminatory policies in place for LGBTQ residents to ease concerns about safe and harassment-free care in the wake of a new report finding...
Free Webcast targets solutions for LTC med management
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Haymarket Media
Sep 07, 2007
New laws and emerging technology have recently confused many providers about how best to proceed with medication delivery. But the new wrinkles also are presenting new opportunities, notes at least one...
Dehydration: Therapy should help fight it
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Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jul 15, 2014
The elderly are very vulnerable to dehydration and more than just the nursing staff have to be concerned about it. Not keeping an eye on appropriate hydration can cause a variety of serious problems.
Are standardized assessment tools our future?
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Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
May 20, 2014
With therapy documentation being put under the microscope more than ever, you would be wise to make sure standardized assessment tools are at your fingertips. Unbiased views of data and outcomes information...
Top 5 ICD-10 changes for 2014
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Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 30, 2014
Have you started your countdown clocks yet? It looks like it’s definitely happening this year on Oct. 1, 2014. The transitions from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding will 100% absolutely take effect for the...