“I wish I knew she was dying. L.R. and I have been friends for five years. We have been on the same floor. We ate in the same dining room, at the Read More »
State surveys bring butterflies and stress to long term-care staff and administration. In order to survive these events, facilities must design Read More »
Most nursing facilities will tell families they do wound care, but not all wound care programs are as effective and successful as others. There are Read More »
Bed sores, lesions, pressure sores, and chronic wounds are a constant source of worry, not to mention infection, and are enormously problematic for Read More »
When thinking of quality improvement in the long-term care setting, not many areas are more important than the threat of medication errors and their Read More »
Ahospice prognosis once meant that seniors who were living in care communities were required to leave that setting for a hospital or hospice Read More »
Savings-not only in insurance and worker's compensation dollars, but in reduced problems for residents and staff-accrued in a major way with the Read More »
Resident incontinence represents a major challenge for the long-term care (LTC) industry. It negatively impacts residents on many levels and has a Read More »
“Do we really need another nursing association?” This question is raised occasionally as the number of long-term care (LTC) nursing associations Read More »
It's no secret that the United States has a nursing shortage, one that promises to grow to alarming proportions—particularly in this country's Read More »
Every resident has the right to be pain free and this can only be accomplished through an effective pain management program. Every long-term care Read More »
When the new Congress gets down to business early next year, organizations representing the nursing home community will be confronted with two Read More »
Quality of care deficiencies can be devastating in any nursing home: devastating to the resident, who can suffer a decline in health status or even Read More »
In a tranquil setting overlooking 9.5-acres of virgin woodlands in Duluth, Minnesota, sits a $4 million, 12-bed hospice house. Inside, original oil Read More »
Errors in medication administration are all too common in healthcare facilities, a fact that's documented in many medical journals and studies. In Read More »
A common experience: Aresident's daughter comes to the front office wanting to see the administrator. She reports her mother has very fragile skin, Read More »
The new community can accommodate 38 residents in private and semiprivate rooms, along with community space featuring public and private areas Read More »
Assisted living has become the fastest-growing long-term care option for those who want to live independently with assistance, according to the Read More »
Bariatric patients are no longer a segregated part of the patient population. In the United States, 65% of the population is overweight or obese. Read More »
Nearly 135 million adults in the United States are either overweight or obese; 14 million are considered morbidly obese, and an amazing 1 million Read More »
Editor's note: Since 1996, Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management has been honor-ing long-term care facilities that are proactive with programs Read More »
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association supports research that indicates adults over the age of 60 who had high levels of Read More »
In 1996, The American Health Care Association (AHCA), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and the Association Read More »
Aggregate MDS data indicates that more than 50% of the nursing home population experiences some degree of urinary incontinence (UI).1 UI, however, Read More »
Read Part I here. JO: You’ve mentioned some of the functions that the program plays for employees. Can you expand on those and explain some of the Read More »
Michigan’s elderly population is expected to expand during the next 25 years by more than 52%—from 1.2 million to 1.8 million. Its traditional source Read More »
It is well known that the elderly population has a substantially increased incidence and severity of many infectious diseases. In fact, the Centers Read More »
You've received a call from the local hospital that one of your residents, after being found on the street by the police, has been brought to the Read More »
