The 2024 AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit will take place Monday through Wednesday in San Antonio, giving providers innovative ideas, strategies and inspiration to ensure high-quality care.
‘Bodacious’ mentorship, honesty needed to retain LTC leaders of tomorrow, experts say
By
Josh Henreckson
May 17, 2024
Cultivating mentorships in long-term care is vital to bringing up and retaining the next generation of sector leaders, a group of six prominent women leaders said this week at a McKnight’s Women of Distinction...
Antibiotic linked to higher death risk in people with sepsis
By
Kristen Fischer
May 16, 2024
People believed to have sepsis who take piperacillin-tazobactam (Zosyn) and vancomycin have a 5% absolute mortality increase at 90 days compared with those who take cefepime and vancomycin, a new study...
Men with diabetes suffer worse health effects than women, new study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
May 16, 2024
Men have a greater risk of major health effects from type 1 and 2 diabetes compared to women, according to a new study.
Report: Aging, lifestyles driving more global illness, death from metabolism-linked risk factors
By
Kristen Fischer
May 16, 2024
More people around the world experience risk factors associated with metabolism such as high systolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, body mass index, LDL cholesterol and kidney dysfunction. Changing...
Clinical briefs for Friday, May 17
By
Kristen Fischer
May 16, 2024
End-of-life cancer care doesn’t extend survival, study shows … New blood test may detect stroke … Parkinson’s light therapy trial starts … How older adults with ADHD can beat social isolation...
Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction
By
Foster Stubbs
May 16, 2024
“Hire the right people, and hire them as quickly as possible.”
About 27 percent of antibiotics from ED visits are inappropriately prescribed, data shows
By
Kristen Fischer
May 15, 2024
More than a quarter of people who went to emergency departments (EDs) in the United States between 2016 and 2021 received inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions. Nearly half of those who received antibiotics...
About 23 percent of older adults in 2050 will feel extreme heat, report says
By
Kristen Fischer
May 15, 2024
Warmer temperatures are just around the corner in much of the United States — a phenomenon that long-term care residents and caregivers should be aware of, as a new report quantifies the dangers of extreme...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, May 16
By
Kristen Fischer
May 15, 2024
Study: Sleep apnea severity linked to verbal memory decline … Test ties mobility to cognitive function … Spotting osteosarcopenia in heart valve operation patients could predict post-surgical death...