Signature HealthCARE will pay $30 million to resolve allegations that it routinely placed residents at higher therapy levels to increase claims. The June settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice...
State News for July 2018
By
Meredith Beirne
Jul 09, 2018
Kansas Now every state has devised a plan for Alzheimer’s Kansas became the 50th state to start establishing a plan to address the effects of Alzheimer’s on the more than 53,000 residents who...
Make some good news
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2018
If I’m going to be truthful about my Catholic School education, many of the lessons remain less memorable than the nuns who delivered them. Suffice it to say, assault and battery charges have been...
Is it ever too homey?
By
John Hall
Jul 09, 2018
Stakeholders observe necessities, limits of ‘home-like’ design movement
60 Seconds With … Andrei Gonzales, M.D. Change Healthcare’s director of value-based pay initiatives
Jul 09, 2018
Andrei Gonzales, M.D. Change Healthcare’s director of value-based pay initiatives Q: How are SNFs pursuing value? A: Skilled nursing facilities that engage with physicians and acute-care hospitals...
Ask the Care Expert about … restorative programs
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jul 09, 2018
Why do most restorative programs include only breakfast and lunch in a nursing home program? And should nurses/dining assistants keep a log for each resident? Most of the time the dining program is done...
It’s not always risky if your residents are feeling frisky
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2018
A new study finds a single education session can improve long-term care nurses’ knowledge about resident sexuality. Researchers at Madigan Army Medical Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Brain stimulation helps restore walking
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2018
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation could help stroke survivors regain the ability to walk independently, according to a meta-analysis of previous studies. Known as rTMS, the noninvasive technique...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … inspection procedure
By
Jeri Lundgren
Jul 09, 2018
As part of our pressure injury prevention program, we conduct a weekly head-to-toe skin inspection. Can this be done by nursing assistants? A weekly head-to-toe skin inspection is recommended as part of...
New treatment may dispense old ideas about wound care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2018
Imagine rolling a tape dispenser over a wound, leaving behind a strip of cells that will generate new skin. Researchers at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Hospital are getting close. They...