Research supported by general industry consensus shows successful wound care management in long-term care cannot be achieved by a singular effort. Building highly effective and functional teams means taking...
How to do it … Battle staffing demons as well as inflation
By
John Hall
May 01, 2022
Experts explain here how nursing homes can best navigate choppy financial waters ahead.
How to do it … Mortgage financing 2018
By
John Hall
May 08, 2018
The biggest surge in commercial mortgage debt in 10 years was waning. Census rates fell and public debt lenders hibernated. Early tax reform talk made many owner-operators skittish. Overreacting? Perhaps...
Managing airborne bugs
By
John Hall
Feb 08, 2018
With so much attention paid to cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and items like linens, infection control-minded facilities often over- look the source of more than one-third of nosocomial infections...
How to do it… Information technology
Mar 01, 2012
Staffing costs dominate budget concerns in many long-term care facilities, yet, ironically, staffing software and management systems do not. The efficiencies gained and the problems averted with appropriate...
How to do it…Resident safety
Aug 02, 2011
Resident safety systems in long-term care facilities have at once seemed to become both simpler and more complex. Their capabilities have certainly expanded, which has opened the door for more opportunities...
How to do it…wound care
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 05, 2012
Since 1995, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has used controlled sub-atmospheric pressure to remove fluids and infectious materials from a wound while stimulating the formation of vessels and drawing...
How to do it… Summer safety and security
By
John Hall
Apr 04, 2016
Now that we’re in the midst of spring and warmer summer months beckon, it is time to check readiness to provide resident safety and security, especially from a host of heat and sun-related problems....
How to do it … Wound care staff education
By
John Hall
Jul 06, 2015
Few issues confronting long-term care administrators are more thoroughly vetted and researched than proper wound care techniques.
How to do it…Finance
Jan 03, 2012
Lenders are used to dealing with a provider’s numbers to determine who gets a loan and who doesn’t. But they also want to know there are good people on the provider end, and that includes chief...