Ask the Treatment Expert about … auditing skin integrity programs
May 08, 2018
What should our wound care nurse audit, and how often, to ensure our skin integrity program is on track? At least once a month, time should be set aside for the wound care nurse to audit the skin integrity...
Also in the news for Monday, May 7
May 07, 2018
Arkansas is latest to take over some Skyline nursing homes … Extendicare and Sienna Senior Living facing class-action lawsuits regarding pressure ulcer care, other conditions … Standardized...
Skyline’s implosion continues with Pennsylvania takeover
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2018
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has installed temporary management at nine nursing homes owned by Skyline Healthcare, the latest group to fall in the growing collapse of the New Jersey-based operator.
1,650 workers at nursing homes in receivership finally get paid
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2018
A court-appointed receiver has doled out paychecks to 1,650 workers at 31 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Nebraska.
Ask the Care Expert about … documentation terms
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Apr 08, 2018
At my facility, they are mixing pressure ulcer with other terms. What’s correct to use in documenting?
Nursing home ordered to pay $450,000 in wrongful death case citing resident’s multiple falls
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 05, 2018
A South Carolina jury has found Lexington Medical Center Extended Care guilty of gross negligence in the death of a resident said to have fallen more than 20 times.
Skyline payroll issues force Kansas to seek its largest-ever nursing home takeover
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2018
The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services Tuesday was seeking emergency powers to take over operations at 15 nursing homes operated by New Jersey-based Skyline Health Care.
Dietitian adds wound care know-how
Mar 13, 2018
Tami Pruitt, a long-term care registered dietitian, recently became the first in her profession to become Nutrition Wound Care Certified, according to an announcement.
OSHA says to protect staff
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 08, 2018
A federal investigation recently found that a Colorado nursing home failed to adequately protect staff from violent residents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration in late January cited and...
Things I think: Surviving the treadmill
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 08, 2018
Exercise can be hazardous to your health. Like antipsychotics, its pursuit should include a black box warning that atypical, or even typical, fitness attempts carry increased risk of injury and embarrassment....