Two preeminent skilled nursing researchers are calling for significant changes to a proposed federal staffing mandate that would build on “the rule’s strengths while addressing shortcomings and minimizing...
Vitamin D3 does not reduce fracture risk in healthy older adults: study
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 29, 2022
Results from a large clinical trial do not support the use of vitamin D supplements to reduce fractures in generally healthy men and women, investigators say.
Can you hear them now?
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 10, 2021
Researchers brought us to us directly this week: The longer that nursing home staff members keep COVID-19 vaccination numbers low, the more people they’re going to see unnecessarily die because of it.
Physicians unhappy with palliative care act
Jun 08, 2011
New York State’s Palliative Care Information Act, which was passed last summer and implemented in February, is meeting resistance from doctors who treat patients at the end of their life.
Home-based stroke rehab is as successful as formal rehab programs, researchers find
May 27, 2011
Home-based physical therapy, when facilitated by a physical therapist, is just as effective as formal rehabilitation programs that use specialized treadmills to treat stroke patients, new research finds.