Pig bladder holds healing promise: study
An extracellular matrix created from the urinary bladders of pigs, combined with offloading, has shown “significant” promise in treating diabetic foot ulcers, according to a recent study.
Print Issue: April 01, 2017
Trump budget cuts HHS 18%
President Trump’s first proposed budget chops 18% from Department of Health and Human Services funding and adds millions of dollars to combat healthcare fraud for fiscal 2018.
A multigenerational mixer
Residents at The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens, a continuing care retirement community in Fresno, CA, gathered in February for a bingo game unlike any other.
Post-surgical healing slowed by mental health challenges
Patients with anxiety or depression may be at a higher risk of developing wound complications after surgery, according to a recently published study.
New CMS chief stirs provider anticipation
Long-term care provider groups were complimentary of Seema Verma following her mid-March confirmation as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Reader Poll: What is the best thing your manager does to help you in your job?
“He (Board Chairman of the Reformed Church Home Reed Feuster) encourages me. He always makes a point to thank us and offer help. It’s kind of refreshing to get outside support. At the board level, it’s easy to say just what’s wrong or what you don’t like.”
Ask the Treatment Expert … Diabetic foot ulcers
Can you help us improve treatment of diabetic foot ulcers?
Reconciliation helps: study
A medication reconciliation program may help reduce hospital emergency room readmissions by as much as 6%, a recent study shows.
Where’s the indignation been from providers?
Finally. That was my immediate, silent reaction when I received the email from a top long-term care provider.
Where kindness is king
As pesky questions about the future of healthcare swirl, let’s give thanks for the one, and maybe only, inviolate cog in the long-term care machinery that’s beyond the power of politicians to regulate or obliterate — kindness.
