Essity pilots TENA’s FDA-approved SmartCare change indicator
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 04, 2020
Global hygiene and health company Essity is piloting its TENA SmartCare Change Indicator, a digital technology that reduces the need for manual checks of incontinence products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Reader Poll: “What is the best ‘non-standard’ benefit or perk at your job?”
Mar 02, 2020
“What is the best ‘non-standard’ benefit or perk at your job?”
Standardized tool for assessing post-acute care is floated in House and Senate
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 20, 2014
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress have unveiled a draft bill calling for post-acute care providers to furnish standard assessment data, with the goals of enabling better quality oversight and driving...
Gentle cleansers and harsh soaps equally effective at killing deadly viruses, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 13, 2023
Gentle cleansers are just as effective as harsh soaps at killing deadly viral pathogens — even after adding moisturizers, a new study has found.
$30 million judgment hits nursing home that failed to document, reposition rehab patient
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 26, 2023
The lack of instructions on repositioning an elderly man who spent two weeks in a nursing home for rehabilitation after a fall contributed to his death, and a $30 million judgment against the facility...
Sometimes the real issue is avoiding embarrassment
Sep 01, 2008
Embarrassment can be like a riddle, confounding our senses and reason. While the choices might not be so painful as fighting off wild animals, the pain vs. shame decisions are made quite often in the long-term...
Getting a leg up
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 05, 2015
Amputations and costs remain high, despite decades of research and caregiving improvements for diabetic foot ulcers; vigilance is needed, experts warn
Long-term care tech summit produces calls for better, silo-busting assessment tools
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 24, 2014
More progress is needed toward standardizing beneficiary assessments across care settings, an analyst with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told a gathering of long-term care health information...
Making a big splash
By
John Andrews
Sep 01, 2012
Proper planning, including staff deployment and material placement, boosts bath-time efficiencies, enabling staff members to get more done in a safe way.
‘Spotty’ database of private-equity nursing homes slammed
By
Joe Bush
Sep 06, 2022
A nursing home ownership database run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is riddled with incomplete information on private equity links to SNF owners, according to a new report by Public Citizen.