The clock is ticking for providers to enter the 2018 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program. The deadline is July 20. The awards program honors skilled nursing and senior living providers...
New treatment may dispense old ideas about wound care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2018
Imagine rolling a tape dispenser over a wound, leaving behind a strip of cells that will generate new skin. Researchers at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Hospital are getting close. They...
Park in the Visitor spot
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 09, 2018
It sits, beckoning but unattainable, just outside the entrance to your long-term care facility — the Visitor parking spot. You can see it, but don’t dare use it. Every day, in big, block letters,...
Poor care fuels felony charges
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2018
The former owners of a New York nursing home are headed to court with charges of endangering the welfare of residents. Joseph Zupnik and Daniel Herman, the owner and manager of the Otsego nursing home,...
Therapy can accelerate wound healing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2018
Using microcurrent therapy along with traditional wound care approaches significantly reduces wound size and lessens pain, according to a study in the Journal of Wound Care. Harikrishna K.R. Nair, M.D.,...
Reader poll: What’s the one regulation or rule you dislike the most?
Jul 09, 2018
“Shared food. We can say you can bring it in, but then they [officials] say it has to be store bought. You can’t accept food from other homes. It has to be segregated from any other food. It’s...
TB outbreak causes SWAT-like response
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 09, 2018
A tuberculosis outbreak, affecting more than 600 individuals at one Delaware nursing home, recently put providers in an all-hands-on-deck situation. Public health officials said that exposure spread from...
Ask the Nursing Expert about … nurse confidence
By
Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Jul 09, 2018
How can I encourage my nurses to confidently engage their critical thinking skills to ensure accurate assessments and optimal care for residents? Critical thinking was perfectly described by the late Richard...
False Claims out, but firing complaint allowed vs. Trilogy
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2018
A federal judge dismissed a nearly three-year-old False Claims Act case against Trilogy Health Systems in May, but the legal travails for the provider aren’t over. The case placed former occupational...
Point is made, court decides
By
Meredith Beirne
Jul 09, 2018
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against a family fighting an arbitration agreement with a nursing home, stating that 12-point type in all capital letters satisfied the law’s requirements. Though...