A few years back, Mary Madison’s husband developed a pressure injury caused by sitting for long periods behind the wheel of a city bus. Her many years as a long-term care director of nursing and most recently as clinical consultant for Briggs Healthcare taught her one thing in this instance: Those types of wounds should…
There is a dizzying array of over-the-counter and prescription-strength medications designed to encourage sleep. What many providers don’t fully realize, however, is these drugs are not meant as a long-term or permanent solution to conditions such as insomnia. Experts chime in on the risks, as well as proven alternatives.
The business of waste — specifically, the business of off-site management of hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste — is big.
As far as visitors go, Maverick isn’t necessarily an obvious fit at the nursing homes he frequents around Australia’s capital. Sure, the 2-year-old has good manners and loves to dole out kisses. But he also keeps his shoes — all four of them — on inside and fully expects residents to pamper him by stroking…
Jill Vitale-Aussem, The Eden Alternative President and CEO Q: What interested you in becoming The Eden Alternative’s new CEO? A: I have been a nursing home administrator for a long, long, long time and I used The Eden Alternative in my own communities. This opportunity to lead the organization that I am most passionate about,…
A low-cost wearable sensor used to assess a person’s gait may help detect and monitor Alzheimer’s disease, according to research led by scientists at Newcastle University. In the study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 120 patients with early Alzheimer’s, who were recruited from six academic medical centers around the world, wore a small…
We have a resident with a deep tissue injury (DTI) on the sacrum and now the center has an open area. Should we measure and describe just the open area?
A team of researchers at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University joined with Disney Research to invent a way to turn any surface into an interactive smart wall with special conductive paint. The project, dubbed Wall++, enables users to place or move light switches or other controls anywhere on a wall that is most convenient, or to…
Having a healthy baseline HbA1c reading or improving blood glucose levels did not improve wound healing time among patients with diabetic foot ulcers, according to a new observational study. Though chronically high blood glucose levels are known harbingers of wound development, bringing those levels under control didn’t speed up healing among 270 patients seen at…
“I go home and I walk my black lab, Luke. He’s very happy to see me and usually after a long day at work, most people aren’t always that friendly to you, as the boss. But, no, when you go home, they’re happy to see you and they just want to basically go out and…
