Five months after ProMedica acquired HCR ManorCare, the Ohio hospital system’s debt has ballooned. ProMedica’s long-term debts have more than quadrupled since the deal, reaching $1.9 billion at the...
Test helps predict returns to hospital after heart attack
By
Colleen DeHart
Jun 06, 2019
A quick test performed before elderly heart attack patients leave the hospital can help predict whether they may need to be readmitted within 30 days, researchers found. The Timed Up and Go test evaluates...
Ask The Nursing Expert
By
Amy Stewart
Jun 06, 2019
I’ve heard that nurse leaders are now using “stay interviews” to help boost staff retention. What are these and how should I implement them? Stay interviews are one-on-one conversations conducted...
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...
Profile: Cathy Murray is ‘on a quest’ to develop LTC leaders
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2019
More on the chief operating officer of Life Care Centers of America.
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.
Common areas earning special second looks as the heart of senior living spaces
By
John Hall
May 01, 2019
Common spaces in long-term care communities have received renewed interest in recent years, being viewed in some design circles as the “heart,” or core, of senior communities. This holds true even...
Editor’s Desk: Pondering what PDPM should really stand for
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2019
If you’ve toiled around the skilled nursing field over the last year, you might have noticed there’s this PDPM thing that seems to be grabbing a lot of attention.
The Big Picture: PDPM lowdown
By
John O'Connor
May 01, 2019
Spring is in the air. So, too, is provider angst about Medicare’s looming Patient-Driven Payment Model, better known as PDPM.
Design Decisions: Showing unique style
By
John Andrews
May 01, 2019
Ordinarily, adding a hair salon to an eldercare community isn’t a big deal, a side deal at best. But at Vienna Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Lodi, CA, it’s a centerpiece.