Facilities risk harm to residents, costly lawsuits, lack of insurance coverage and bad publicity with insufficient wandering monitoring systems
Expanded methadone access urged for SNF residents with opioid use disorder
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 28, 2022
Policy changes are needed to help to improve older adults’ recovery rates in the skilled nursing facility population, according to a call for regulatory reform published Tuesday.
Intervention can cut risk for mobility disability in seniors
May 13, 2022
Reduced incidence of mobility disability is seen in older adults with physical frailty and sarcopenia receiving who receive a multicomponent intervention.
Dementia signs, symptoms may be different for Latinos, researchers say
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Alicia Lasek
May 27, 2021
Cultural practices and disease processes may explain why Latino adults with dementia experience faster functional decline and higher rates of depression and anxiety, investigators say.
Prime Care Tech joins Kronos network
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2020
Prime Care Technologies, provider of flexible hosting, managed services and cloud software for healthcare organizations, has joined the Kronos Workforce Dimensions Technology Partner Network. The network...
Kindred confirms Ventas deal, will fully leave SNF biz
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Aug 09, 2017
Kindred Healthcare Inc. confirmed in July its previously announced plan to exit the skilled nursing facility industry.
Xbox console used to show how MS harms walking gait
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 01, 2016
An inexpensive yet effective tool for assessing walking difficulties in patients with multiple sclerosis may already be sitting in many living rooms, being used for interactive video game activities such...
‘Redbox model,’ new funds helping pharmacy company
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 01, 2011
A long-term care pharmacy company recently announced it had secured $6 million in venture capital, and its CEO says it is ready to take on the major players.
MRSA and VRE persist in resident rooms, nursing home study finds
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 18, 2022
Two common types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can linger in resident rooms — even during changes of occupancy, a new facility study finds.
COVID-19-related neuropsychiatric conditions mirror those of other respiratory illnesses, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 12, 2022
Disease severity, not pathogen type, is key when treating neuropsychiatric complications after respiratory illness, a new study finds.