Ask the Nursing Expert: Getting ready to submit high-acuity residents under PDPM
By
Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Mar 07, 2019
Under the Patient-Driven Payment Model, skilled nursing facilities are likely to treat higher acuity residents and surveyors’ attention to appropriate admissions and avoidable readmissions will intensify.
OPTIMISTIC updates hoping for, what else? Good news
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2018
The second phase of a major study into a new nursing home care model is going to check whether adding a financial incentive for certain conditions can cut rehospitalization rates. The investigation is...
Diabetes gets Golden touch with unique pilot program
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2008
A tidal wave of individuals with diabetes is expected to hit the nation’s nursing homes in the coming years. To prepare for it, one of the country’s largest nursing home chains already has...
60 Seconds with… Dr. Eric Coleman, associate professor of geriatric medicine at the University...
By
Haymarket Media
May 09, 2005
Q: In your research on transition issues, you note there is “tension” between nursing homes and hospitals. Why is this so?
A: There unquestionably are culture differences between the way care...
Why reducing pressure injuries in LTC is a necessity
By
Martin Burns
Sep 06, 2019
Given the clinical, financial and legal consequences of pressure injuries, prevention should be a prioritized goal—and new technology might make it possible.
Don’t let the bed bugs bite
By
Joelle Olson, Ph.D.
Jul 13, 2015
Bed bugs are unwelcome no matter where they take up residence.But in senior living communities, the tiny insects can cause big problems.
FDA approves pressure wound neurostimulation device
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 08, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration has provided 510(k) clearance for Prelivia, a neurostimulation device developed by Rehabtronics that promotes healthy blood circulation and maintains healthy tissue in...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … pressure injury assessments
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Jan 06, 2017
Why are formalized pressure injury risk assessments so important?
Meet Lynn Hood, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 26, 2021
Lynn Hood, president/CEO, Principle LTC, Kinston, NC is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Hall of Honor inductee.
Ask the care expert … about end-of-life wound care
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Oct 01, 2014
I work on a floor in a skilled care facility where most residents are on hospice or at the end of life. Some have wounds that will never heal. How should we care for these?