The technology industry is paying more attention to the needs of older adults and the caregivers who serve them, as evidenced by the wide range of senior-targeted devices highlighted at the 2020 Consumer...
February IT Update
Feb 02, 2020
The LeadingAge Center for Workforce Solutions has released an Excel-based turnover cost calculator tool to help providers estimate how much staff turnover is costing their community.
Nurses get 90 minutes less sleep before days they work
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 02, 2020
Nurses sleep nearly 90 minutes less before work days compared to days off, and this can negatively affect patient care and safety, according to a study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.
Nursing again considered most ethical
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 02, 2020
Americans ranked nurses as the most ethical and honest professionals, according to the latest Gallup poll.
Ask the nursing expert: How can we improve collaboration to better help our hospice residents while avoiding...
By
Amy Stewart
Feb 02, 2020
We received several survey citations for not collaborating with hospice. How can we improve collaboration to better help our hospice residents while avoiding citations?
Ask the treatment expert: How do I ensure we don’t get cited again?
By
Jeri Lundgren
Feb 02, 2020
We have a strong wound care team that rounds together weekly. However, we just received a citation due to our care plans not reflecting the care we are providing. How do I ensure this doesn’t happen...
Coin-sized device OK’d for incontinence
By
Liza Berger
Feb 02, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of sacral neuromodulator for patients suffering from overactive bladder, urinary retention and fecal incontinence.
Bucks for bugs: Funds will hit antibacterial resistance
By
Liza Berger
Feb 02, 2020
The National Institutes of Health has renewed funding for the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG), which coordinates clinical research on antibacterial resistance, with up to $102.5 million...
Providers are not reporting all falls on the MDS: study
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 02, 2020
A new study suggests that nursing home providers could be vastly underreporting major-injury falls in the Minimum Data Set, which the Nursing Home Compare website uses to report nursing home performance.
Number of geriatricians still inadequate
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 02, 2020
Geriatricians provide a critical service in the increasingly silver-haired United States, but the medical specialty continues to stagnate.