Mortality increased for dialysis patients with hurricane exposure
Jul 18, 2022
For patients undergoing maintenance dialysis, hurricane exposure is tied to increased mortality, highlighting the need to safeguard this population, researchers say.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, July 19
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 19, 2022
Nursing home to pay $55,000 after failure to provide ‘timely access’ to medical records … After big pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections growing stronger … Study pinpoints factors...
Initial COVID-19 lockdown had no ‘clinically relevant negative effects’ on residents’ mood, behavior,...
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 19, 2022
Nursing homes’ initial lockdown during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic did not result in “clinically relevant negative effects” on residents’ mood, behavior, social and cognitive functions,...
‘We do it for teachers — why not for nurses?’ Her LTC nurse training solution
Jul 19, 2022
Long-term care nursing administration expert Jackie Vance knows how the nation can climb out of its nursing shortage — and she shares systems that work as her evidence in this podcast moderated by McKnight’s...
Trauma-informed care needed for LTC residents with dementia, authors contend
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 18, 2022
Trauma-informed strategies are long overdue for nursing home residents with dementia and past trauma and/or PTSD, according to a new call to action.
Director of nursing survey reveals 36% rate of resident falls associated with urinary incontinence
Jul 18, 2022
A new survey has identified multiple aspects of urinary incontinence burden and management in long-term care.
Nursing home ‘avoidable transfer scale’ prevents unnecessary transitions in pilot study
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 18, 2022
A tool called the Avoidable Transfer Scale enables nursing homes to outsource quality improvement work related to potentially avoidable hospitalizations, researchers say.
Clinical briefs for Monday, July 18
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 18, 2022
SNFs “significantly reduced” occupational, physical therapy use following PDPM … Dementia-focused programming highlights individuals over disease … National 988 mental health crisis hotline readied...
Generations’ Edwin Cabigao: Breathing new life into post-COVID clinical care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 15, 2022
A centralized clinical approach and operational changes that put patient care first are critical for building a forward-thinking and sustainable long-term care organization.
Measure protecting providers from minimum staffing penalties fails
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 15, 2022
Rhode Island nursing homes could face more than $10 million in penalties in the first quarter of 2023 alone for not meeting the state’s new minimum staffing requirement. Senate lawmakers in late June...