Resident safety and security are two of the most pressing topics for administrators and nurses in long-term care settings. In fact, all departments should be included when considering how to build a safety...
How to do it… Resident security
Aug 01, 2012
Few things are more important to long-term care providers than their residents’ safety. There’s far more to security than just wandering alarms and locked doors. Today’s security systems...
How to do it… Information technology
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2010
One of the biggest stories of the year in long-term care will be the conversion to the new minimum data set assessment tool.
Profile: Charlotte Eliopoulos, Executive Director, American Association for Long-Term Care Nursing
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2009
Nursing is more than a profession for Charlotte Eliopoulos. It is her ministry.
McKnight’s experts tell what’s ahead
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Haymarket Media
Dec 17, 2005
Fearless forecasts about what to look forward to in five key areas
A success at new starts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 01, 2012
What most people know about Francis Kirley pertains to his success: how he is the American Health Care Association PAC chairman, and how he created one of the top 25 nursing home chains in the United States,...
How to do it … Incontinence care
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Haymarket Media
Jul 06, 2007
Providers are constantly looking for better ways to conduct incontinence care programs and assessments. It’s no wonder, since the recent rollout of F-tag 315 directs surveyors to take a harder look...
Daniel Reingold: Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 09, 2018
Editor’s note: This is an enhanced version of the story that appeared in print. Daniel Reingold CEO RiverSpring Health Most 5-year-old boys dream of being firefighters, athletes or astronauts. Not...
Losing steam
By
John Andrews
Feb 06, 2008
The eldercare real estate market may no longer be red-hot, but it is largely insulated from the residential sector collapse.
Winning the drug war
By
Liza Berger
Feb 05, 2017
Often forgotten or glossed over, there is still one sure answer to questions about how to improve medication mismanagement: have better documentation