Many residents of the Oskaloosa Care Center in southern Iowa used to be farmers. They’re reminded of their past by the cornfield next to the nursing home — and, once a year, by a parade of antique...
New line of compression socks announced
Oct 05, 2013
VIM & VIGR has announced a new line of stylish compression socks, which the company says can combat the negative impacts of prolonged standing.
Seeing the future of long-term care in 2023
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 02, 2022
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News is asking skilled nursing administrators, assistant administrators, C-suiters, nursing directors and other top nurse managers to take part in our quick “Outlook 2023”...
Technology is helping prevent readmissions, but integration across the care continuum remains a pressing...
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 25, 2014
As data sets increase for post-acute care, so will the need for standardization and the push for skilled nursing facilities to be connected with other health entities, experts said at a health information...
FocusOn Briefs
Jul 01, 2020
Cardinal Health introduces the SkinHealth360 platform; Seni partners with National Association for Continence; SpiderTech kinesiology tape addresses PPE skin issues; Tissue Analytics acquired; AmeriPride...
Editor’s Desk: Move over, SNFs — you are getting company
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 02, 2019
Welcome to the club.
Enhancing well-being
By
G. Allen Power, M.D.
Sep 01, 2014
I set out to re-examine dementia from a different framework — one that takes us beyond “interventions” and “programs” to a proactive, strength-based approach.
‘Appalling’ gaps in law, policies blamed for COVID’s decimation of nursing home workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2024
A reason for the failure, the authors said, was gaps in laws and regulations that didn’t consider the rapid spread of disease in workplaces and didn’t see frontline workers as needing special attention...
Charges for worker knowingly exposed?
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
A Connecticut nursing home supervisor could be facing charges of criminal conduct in connection with working without a mask despite knowingly being exposed to COVID-19.
Organ transplant activity declined during 2020
Sep 03, 2021
The most affected organ transplants were kidney, followed by lung, liver, and heart