When President Obama took the podium on the morning of July 13, he thrust aging and long-term care into a reinvigorated spotlight.
Ask the Nursing Expert … about physcotropic programs
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Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Aug 05, 2015
I have been assigned to put together a psychotropic program. Can you please help me?
LTC staff spend only half of time on care
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Aug 05, 2015
Long-term care nurses spend more than half of their time completing tasks that don’t involve resident care, according to new research in the Journal of Nursing Studies.
How’s moving patients risky? OHSA is counting the ways
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Aug 05, 2015
A new key hazard list from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration highlights the injury risk healthcare workers face when handling patients.
Seemed like good idea
By
John Hall
Aug 05, 2015
One of the more interesting new ways employers are helping employees is through wellness assistance.
SNF bed total drops slightly
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John O'Connor
Aug 05, 2015
The skilled care sector saw occupancy rates and bed supply dip slightly between March and June, new data shows.
Plan will push care planning
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Elizabeth Newman
Aug 05, 2015
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal to reimburse practitioners for discussing advance care planning drew praise of long-term care medical directors in July.
Obama’s bombshell: More industry rules
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Aug 05, 2015
The Obama administration said it is seeking to “modernize” the long-term care profession through hundreds of pages of regulatory revisions it unveiled at the White House Conference on Aging...
Diabetes drug cuts dementia
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Holly Petrovich
Aug 05, 2015
A frequently prescribed diabetes drug may reduce the risk of older adults developing dementia, researchers from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases found.
Seizures also a dementia risk?
By
Holly Petrovich
Aug 05, 2015
Adults with frontotemporal dementia are at increased risk of seizures, per a study from the University of California, San Francisco.