“McKnight’s Long-Term Care News” was a common phrase in national journalism competitions recently. The publisher’s editorial staff earned the Gold Award for “Best News Coverage”...
State News for June 2018
Jun 08, 2018
CALIFORNIA Judge invalidates Golden State’s aid-in-dying law A judge overturned California’s two-year-old aid-in-dying law in mid-May, and gave the state’s attorney general just five...
The new bait-and-switch
By
John O'Connor
Jun 08, 2018
Operators will finally be paid for the care they deliver. That seems to be the industry’s general sentiment toward a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal that would replace Resource...
Waste watching: When it comes to infection control measures in long-term care, medical waste disposal...
By
Meg LaPorte
Jun 08, 2018
The business of waste — specifically, the business of off-site management of hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste — is big.
60 Seconds With … Jill Vitale-Aussem, The Eden Alternative President and CEO
Jun 08, 2018
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...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … DTI treatment
By
Jeri Lundgren
Jun 08, 2018
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?
Blood sugar control doesn’t improve diabetic foot ulcers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
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...
Researchers bubbly over new approach
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
A new technology shows promise in using microscopic bubbles filled with oxygen to help wounds heal faster. The method would allow doctors to inject oxygen “nanobubbles” intravenously so they can target...
Ask the Nursing Expert about … culturally competent care requirements
By
Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Jun 08, 2018
I thought culturally competent care requirements weren’t effective until Nov. 28, 2019, the Phase 3 deadline. Why are facilities getting cited now?
Study uncovers deep effects of night shift work on body
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
Working a few night shifts is enough to change gene expression and dampen the body’s ability to fight off attacks, a new Canadian study reveals. Researchers at McGill University simulated a night...