Patients who receive personalized brain fitness training can make cognitive gains, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Antibiotics may fuel delirium that causes SNF placement
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2016
The delirium that often lands seniors in nursing homes can be triggered by commonly prescribed antibiotics — a culprit doctors might overlook.
Ask the Treatment Expert about … blisters
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Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Apr 04, 2016
Are all blisters pressure ulcers and if they are, how should they be staged?
Profile: Cecilia Sepp
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Apr 04, 2016
There’s a running joke in the association management community that no kid dreams of a career in association management.
Right-to-try gains support
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John Hall
Apr 04, 2016
Congress is considering easing federal laws prohibiting terminally ill patients from trying unapproved experimental drugs as a last-ditch effort to extend or save their lives.
Groups tout payment plans; Pallone promises legislation
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John Hall
Apr 04, 2016
Several organizations have weighed in on how to finance long-term care services and supports for more than 12 million Americans, leading a Congressional committee to push toward a possible legislative...
Ask the Payment Expert about … bundled payment initiatives
By
Patricia Boyer
Apr 04, 2016
How do bundled payment initiatives affect my facility?
Study: 27% of readmissions preventable
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Apr 04, 2016
Improved discharge directions and communication between patients and providers could prevent more than a fourth of hospital readmissions, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Facility hit with lawsuit after nude resident photos appear
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 04, 2016
The other shoe dropped when a lawsuit against a South Dakota nursing home was filed after an employee posted nude photos of a resident on social media.
60 Seconds with … Niles Godes, J.D.
Apr 04, 2016
Coming out of the LeadingAge PEAK Leadership Summit 2016, what’s the No. 1 priority for nonprofit providers this year?