Who is Your Biggest Professional Inspiration? May 2012 Reader Poll
Jun 11, 2012
Reader Poll Responses for May 2012
What’s the best way to prevent skin tears?
By
Susan Wickard
May 01, 2012
A skin tear is a traumatic wound resulting from separation of the epidermis (top layer) from the dermis (underlying layer). The aging process causes older adults to be at high risk for skin tears.
Improving economy will help senior living field, expert says
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2012
Senior living operators should be cautiously optimistic due to the rebounding economy and increased consumer confidence, a lead economist said in March.
Overpayment rule is based on bad assumptions, expert says
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2012
Regulators have severely underestimated added costs that would result under a proposed rule requiring the prompt return of self-detected reimbursement overpayments, according to at least one expert.
I couldn’t live without…Ergolet Luna overhead lift
May 01, 2012
Mike Harmer, the director of environmental services at the Ohio Eastern Star Nursing Home in Mt.
Taking heart: Technology is playing larger role in care
By
John O'Connor
May 01, 2012
More than six million American adults — including many nursing home residents — suffer from heart failure. But, while the prevalence of this disease has increased over time, there are signs that technology-driven...
Elder abuse bill pushed
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2012
Lawmakers in Colorado are trying to change the fact that their state is one of only four that do not have mandatory reporting laws governing elder abuse. State Sen. Evie Hudak (D) introduced legislation...
Nursing home workers sue over insurance
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2012
Two former nursing home employees may be headed to trial over what they say is their previous employer’s failure to pay into a group health plan.
Surveyors not ruled biased for seeking $42,600 in fines
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2012
A Jewish nursing home in Pennsylvania has been turned back in its attempt to have a penalty reviewed that it said resulted from a biased survey process.
Dementia drug dosage comes under fire
By
Deborah Weinstein
May 01, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration “breached its own regulatory standard” when it permitted a new dosage for a best-selling Alzheimer’s drug, according to two professors at Dartmouth’s...