BAndrew Applewhite’s patient had HIV and diabetes. She needed dialysis, but she had used up all the days in her Medicare stay and was discharged from a Texas skilled nursing facility. That the patient...
Disposing I.C. advice
By
John Hall
Jun 06, 2019
Nursing homes are in a constant state of war with stubborn pathogens. Diligently staying clean while contending with the latest infection control rules is no picnic. Every day, staff are confronted with...
Money woes keep mounting for troubled Skyline chain
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 06, 2019
Five Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities run by embattled Skyline Healthcare closed in May, as the operator faced ongoing inability to pay bills. The state’s Department of Public Health revealed...
Ask The Treatment Expert
By
Jeri Lundgren, RN, BSN, PHN, CWS, CWCN, CPT
Jun 06, 2019
We have a high number of admissions each week. What assessments and interventions should we consider for skin integrity upon admission? A head-to-toe skin inspection and a skin integrity risk assessment...
Nursing home closures: Tough love and recovery
By
Irving Stackpole
May 15, 2019
It’s time for some “tough love” about nursing home closures.
New wound data released
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 14, 2019
PolarityTE Inc., a biotechnology company developing and commercializing regenerative tissue products and biomaterials, has released data from studies looking at its SkinTE™ product for closure of diabetic...
Also in the News for Monday, May 13
By
Marty Stempniak
May 13, 2019
Landlord LTC Properties says it’s looking to sell Preferred Care nursing facilities … Former nursing home owner must pay back almost $3.5M to IRS, banks; gets prison time … Who’s hiring? 450 nursing...
Also in the News for Tuesday, May 7
By
Marty Stempniak
May 07, 2019
New toolkit teaches providers how to create intergenerational programming … ‘Staff out there crying’: Skyline closures begin in Massachusetts … Nursing home killers suffocated up to a dozen patients,...
Today’s mobile LTC resident can add layers of complication to bathing safety
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2019
Given an increasingly ambulatory population, the presence of water and the kind of warm and moist environment that invites bacteria to breed, risk is inherent in skilled nursing bathing areas.
Ask The Treatment Expert: Wounds and PDPM
By
Jeri Lundgren
May 01, 2019
Ensuring proper diagnoses and assessments of wounds is key. Under the Patient-Driven Payment Model, wounds can impact reimbursement under the nursing and non-therapy ancillary (NTA) components.