Opinion: Stick to infection prevention rules to guard residents, workers, bottom line
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 24, 2024
Long-term care facilities need to pay attention to the latest research on cleaning and disinfection in order to prevent residents from being infected with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) as well...
AARP: 4 years later, COVID-19 still rages in nursing homes
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 18, 2024
Even as nursing home cases and deaths related to COVID-19 are declining, a recent analysis finds the virus is still wreaking havoc in long-term care settings.
End-of-life patterns emerge in one-year analysis
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 26, 2024
Most people are able to live at home during the end of their lives, and not all need professional care, according to a new report published on Wednesday in BMC Geriatrics.
Boosting staff alone does not improve outcomes for nursing home residents with dementia, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 10, 2024
Adding more staff members isn’t enough to improve quality of care and outcomes for people in nursing home facilities that have a lot of residents with dementia, according to a study out of University...
Remote staff training boosts quality of life, lowers sedative use in residents with dementia
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 21, 2023
A digital training program significantly improved the quality of life for people with dementia who lived in assisted living communities and nursing homes in the United Kingdom. As a result, there was a...
Study maps home time in people on Medicare in assisted living communities
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 19, 2023
A new study gives more insights into how much time older people in assisted living spend in and out of it.
Feds launch tools to reduce adverse events in inpatient settings
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 11, 2023
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently published two toolkits aimed at better preventing patient harm in inpatient settings such as assisted care communities...
Nursing home providers help to design, refine facility IP program
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 26, 2023
In partnership with providers, an infection control peer coaching program has been updated to improve its utility amid competing facility priorities and staffing shortages.
LTC residents mount immune fight after bivalent booster shot, study shows
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 31, 2023
Nursing home residents who receive a bivalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccine show signs of substantial immune system response to omicron variants.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Dec. 20
By
Joe Bush
Dec 20, 2022
Closed NJ nursing home stayed open way too long, some claim … Many clinicians wary of using telehealth with older patients … What South Dakota providers think of governor’s promised reimbursement...
