Caregivers can help elders retain their dignity during intimate hygiene care, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 07, 2021
Clinicians can offer “moments of micro-competence,” giving palliative care patients a voice in how they receive care as their abilities decline, investigators say.
Eight ways to improve quality and dignity
By
Mark Kirkpatrick
Sep 02, 2016
The following suggestions can improve a caregiver’s ability to help seniors improve their quality of life and activities of daily living
Take a look in the mirror
By
Karen Craig, RN-C
Dec 10, 2014
I have worked in the aging profession for more than 21 years, have been a registered nurse for more than 40 years and will soon begin my (semi-) retirement. This has led me to do a lot of reflecting on...
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Nov 03, 2014
$37 million settlement makes Dignity the latest large hospital system to pay out for observation stay charges … Vibrating insoles could reduce falls among seniors … Audit shows 11,000 unresolved...
A chance to make your staff very, very happy
By
John O'Connor
May 06, 2013
It’s your turn to risk having an excited staff. Starting today, the second annual McKnight’s Excellence In Technology Awards program is officially underway.
Sojourn takes top Dignity Award in 2012 McKnight’s Technology Awards
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 02, 2012
Sojourn Senior Living, based in Illinois, combined a driving simulator and joystick that allowed a resident to operate a motorized wheelchair.
House needs to pass Medicaid legislation for nursing home residents
By
Alice Zahnow
Aug 09, 2010
Medicaid funding cuts threaten the quality of life nursing home residents deserve.
Newspaper letters shed light on people’s opinions about long-term care during the Depression
By
Liza Berger
May 07, 2010
Old people should live alone. At least, that was the general thinking back in the 1930s.