Early onset Afib raises dementia risk … Food allergies may boost heart disease, death risk … PET scans could spot Parkinson’s, Lewy body dementia … Older adults want health discounts, ask docs...
Ask the wound care expert … about skin assessments
By
Fatima Naqvi, MD
Nov 07, 2023
Q: Why is it so important to assess the skin at admission?
PAWSIC aims to elevate LTC wound care, skin standards
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2023
A former Genesis HealthCare executive has launched a national collaborative meant to educate long-term care professionals on all aspects of wound care and skin health.
Head of collapsed Skyline empire gets another reprieve in federal court
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 07, 2023
The owner of a fast-rising and even faster-falling nursing home empire has been granted a temporary reprieve in federal court.
Ongoing wound care attrition christened a national crisis
By
John Hall
Nov 02, 2023
The ongoing nursing shortage is also limiting the pool of wound care nurses.
Glove up or wash before? Study finds direct gloving can boost protection
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 30, 2023
Letting healthcare workers put on gloves without requiring them to wash their hands first helped employees comply with expected infection prevention strategies better than requiring them to wash their...
Falling by the wayside
By
Steven Levenson
Oct 24, 2023
This month’s column invokes several previous columns, one about medications and the other about knowing if we know what we don’t know. A recent medical journal article concluded that falls in...
The hypocrisy of staffing mandates
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 19, 2023
Absorbed as you probably are in fighting through the long-term care staffing crisis while parrying a CMS mandate, I wouldn’t blame you for not noticing. But at airports across America, big planes are...
Joint Commission emphasizes diagnosis, treatment of pressure injuries
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 18, 2023
The Joint Commission has issued guidance on pressure injuries which can raise the risk for people to have worse outcomes including amputation and infection. The recommendations aim to equip healthcare...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 12
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 12, 2023
FDA: Watch out for compounded ketamine … Nasal vaccine for COVID-19 worked in trial … Herbal extra Sailuotong improves aspects of MCI … Non-melanoma skin cancer kills more than melanoma