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.
State levies biggest possible fine after unattended resident falls off toilet, dies
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 16, 2018
Providers are being advised to review toileting procedures in the wake of California’s stern treatment of a facility receiving the maximum fine for a recent resident accident.
Loss of control: Exploring the links between falls and incontinence can improve resident care, safety...
By
John Hall
Mar 08, 2018
Exploring the links between falls and incontinence brings connections that can improve resident care, safety scores and provider risk ratings.
Study: Just 2 weeks of telemonitoring improved incontinence care
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 06, 2014
By using a telemonitoring system for a short time, nursing home caregivers were able to notably improve incontinence management, according to a new study out of Australia.
Routine assessment predicts when Alzheimer’s patients will need nursing home care, researchers...
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 08, 2013
Clinicians can use a new assessment to determine when an Alzheimer’s patient is likely to need nursing home care, according to researchers based at Columbia University Medical Center.
Ask the treatment expert … about incontinence briefs
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Oct 01, 2013
Should incontinence briefs be used in the long-term care setting?
Ask the care expert … about the Morse Fall Scale
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jun 01, 2013
What is the Morse Fall Scale, and how it is different from others? Nursing fall-risk assessment, diagnoses and interventions are based on use of the Morse Fall Scale. The MFS requires systematic, reliable...
Nursing home robots could come soon, if Japanese government funding pays off
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 30, 2013
The government of Japan will fund the development of four different kinds of robots that could perform essential tasks in nursing homes, the Japan Daily Press reported Monday.
Restorative nursing boosts resident care and billing levels, expert explains
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 25, 2012
Activities of daily living and restorative nursing present good chances to optimize reimbursement, a nursing expert said Tuesday at the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration/Long-Term...