Nurse managers who give verbal expectations about safety protocols or who offer constructive responses to admitted errors have lower overall error rates in their facilities, a Belgian study has found.
Fewer LTC workers are getting their flu vaccines, report finds
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 02, 2012
While influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers have increased overall, fewer long-term care facility employees are being vaccinated, a government survey has found.
CDC lauds new tracking tool that eyes infection progress
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 01, 2012
Government health officials have released a tracking tool that can help nursing homes monitor healthcare-acquired infections.
Implants increase risk of anxiety, trauma
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 01, 2012
People who are implanted with cardioverter defibrillators should be carefully monitored and screened for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to officials with the American...
Many convicted aides aren’t new to crime
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 01, 2012
Nineteen percent of long-term care nursing aides who were found guilty of on-the-job abuse, neglect, or property theft in 2010 had prior criminal convictions, a recent federal report revealed.
Giving a silent generation a voice
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 01, 2012
Filmmaker Stu Maddux is determined to make long-term care more sensitive to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.
I couldn’t live without… Med-Mizer Pivot-Rehab 1000 swivel bed
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 01, 2012
Sarah Maxwell says her job became a lot easier with the introduction of the Pivot-Rehab 1000 swivel bed from Med-Mizer.
Your big fat Greek retirement community
By
Mary Gustafson
Oct 25, 2012
The New York Times Magazine article “The Island Where People Forget to Die” describes a Greek island that has the healing properties of the island from the TV show “Lost” and all...
Hollywood rescues long-term care
By
Mary Gustafson
Oct 18, 2012
I’m being completely honest when I say that, in general, I do not have a problem with celebrities who crusade for charitable and humanitarian causes. I really don’t — Angelina Jolie, Sean...
The gift of gallows humor
By
Mary Gustafson
Oct 11, 2012
Comedienne Tig Notaro — from what I’ve been able to glean in my relatively brief history as a fan of her comedy — does not appear to have any connection with the long-term care industry. But...