Ask the Treatment Expert about … repositioning and mobilization
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
May 06, 2017
How can repositioning and mobilization be most effective in preventing pressure injuries in this day and age?
McKesson entity now Change Healthcare
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 06, 2017
Parts of McKesson Corporation and Change Healthcare Holdings have merged to create a new healthcare information technology company called Change Healthcare. It includes all of Change Healthcare’s...
SCA splitting: health, tissue division to be called Essity
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 06, 2017
SCA, which owns Tork and Tena, has announced they will be split into two separate companies. The Away-From-Home tissue and medical solutions company formerly known under Tena and Tork will be called Essity,...
A day at the opera?
By
Gary Tetz
May 06, 2017
We all have guilty pleasures — things we secretly enjoy but don’t have the courage to admit to long-term care colleagues at stand-up.
Where Are They Now: Windsor Healthcare Communities
May 06, 2017
The Windsor Garden Care Center’s Bronze Award in the High Tech/High Touch category of the McKnight’s Technology Awards in 2013 reflected the burgeoning use of video.
Windows create a new world for residents with dementia
By
Amy Novotney
May 06, 2017
Dutch designers have developed interactive art screens to help nursing home residents reconnect in a more meaningful way with family, caregivers and the outside world.
State News for May 2017
May 06, 2017
Montana — An increase in Montana’s tobacco tax could help nursing homes, under legislation currently being debated.
Pollution can delay wound healing: study
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 06, 2017
Air-polluting diesel exhaust particles, already linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, also can delay diabetic wound healing, according to South Korean researchers.
Skilled facilities don’t skimp on hospice care, study finds
By
May 06, 2017
Skilled nursing residents receive a similar level of hospice care as patients residing in an assisted living facility or at home, a recent study shows. The study’s findings upend previous beliefs...
Ask the Care Expert about … medication-related falls
By
Sherrie Dornberger
May 06, 2017
It seems like residents on more drugs have more falls. Is there information I can use to train my staff to watch out for this?