More than 200 aging services professionals, business partners and supporters celebrated a who’s-who of industry veterans in grand style during the inaugural McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ceremony in February.
New smart bandage repairs wound from the inside out
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
A new smart bandage promises to attack stubborn wounds three ways to improve treatments and speed healing.
Optimism grows, even with spiraling costs threatening: McKnight’s 2023 Outlook Survey
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 20, 2023
Optimism for the skilled nursing sector is growing, with intense worries about staff shortages and less-than-desired occupancy starting to recede. But concerns about escalating financial pressures have...
NIRS spotlights slow-to-heal wounds
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Near infrared spectroscopy can accurately assess oxygen levels in wounds and help providers predict which ones will be slow to heal.
Wireless smart bandage makes short work of chronic wounds
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2023
A Stanford University research team has created a smart bandage made of a thin, flexible printed circuit and a wireless power source that provides electrical stimulation to injured tissue.
Ensign picks up No. 202
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2019
The Ensign Group Inc. recently acquired the real estate and operations of Temple View Transitional Care Center, a 119-bed skilled nursing facility in Rexburg, ID. It brings Ensign’s portfolio to 202...
Ensign, Omega’s successes lead to further expansions
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2019
Higher occupancy and “disciplined” acquisition strategies have put two major skilled nursing players in a growth mindset. Both the Ensign Group Inc. and Omega Healthcare Investors used their second-quarter...
60 Seconds with … Kim Powell, PhD, RN
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2023
You’ve won a $1 million NIH grant to study how text messaging might speed up decisions about transferring nursing home residents. What is your goal?
The latest Resident Assessment Instrument manual may better guide decisions about how to code certain pressure ulcers.
60 Seconds with … Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2024
Q: Why have you focused on studying pain among nursing home patients with dementia? A: We don’t do a good job of assessing, diagnosing the underlying cause of the pain and then managing it. We don’t,...