Dear Reader:

Welcome to Long-Term Living‘s Product Showcase.

Useful and innovative products are regularly being made available to professionals in long-term care, and this special segment of the 2008 BUYERS GUIDE gives you a simple and attractive guide to some of the best.

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EMR Touch-Screen

HealthMEDX, Inc., introduces Touch Screen with efficient and intuitive point of care. The CareMEDX product suite now integrates a touch-screen that offers step-by-step guidance. It captures recurring processes including scheduling, care plan intervention, and CNA documentation. Benefits include: Find and select a resident by touch, minimal training of five minutes or less, and flexible point-of-care options. CareMEDX features a clinical electronic medical record, census management, financial, analytics, dashboard, workflow, and portal.

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Odor Eliminating Spray

Hospital formula Sani-Zone™ Maximum Strength Odor Eliminator stands up to offensive odors with just a spray or two, lasting for hours. The mild, clean fragrance targets odors particularly associated with decaying organic matter such as necrotic tissue, urine, feces, and garbage. Also great for cars, cat boxes, or anywhere there are unpleasant odors, the 1 oz. or 2 oz. bottles slip into pockets, purses, or glove boxes for easy and discrete use. Sani-Zone also comes in 8 oz. spray bottles.

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Battery-Operated Scale

SCALE-TRONIX introduces the Models 6202 and 6202D Stow-a-Weigh Scales that mount snug against the wall, protruding a mere 4″ when not in use. They are designed for stand-on weighing, wheelchair patients, and will even accommodate patients on stretchers. They are particularly well-suited for high-traffic areas or where floor space is limited. These battery-operated digital scales automatically turn on and zero when the platform is lowered. Shut-off is automatic. With weighing platforms a mere 1½″ high, patient access is easy and convenient.

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Digital Label Presses

EzProducts International, Inc., has developed the manual digital EzPress™ and the automatic digital PopUpPress™ for applying labels to uniforms and residents’ personal clothing in eight seconds. The EzPress is a manual press and the operator must lift the handle when the buzzer sounds. The PopUpPress is automatic and the handle and hot plate automatically pop up when the application cycle is complete.

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Performance Management Software

LINTECH’s COMET Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboard allows users to monitor, analyze, and manage performance at the business, facility, and enterprise levels. It gauges the organization’s performance in all clinical and business areas through quantification of processes and outcomes using key performance indicators. Designed as an open system, the COMET BI Dashboard also allows integration of data from non-COMET systems. The application provides managers with up-to-date operational, financial, and clinical performance information, enabling them to compare these performances to benchmarks.

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Color-Coded Monthly Pillbox

The MedCenter System features a monthly stocking design, with 31 individual pill containers having four compartments available for morning, noon, evening, and nighttime dosages. The system itself is a visual cue. It is large enough to be noticed by the user, but not so large as to clutter a countertop or bureau. Each dated pillbox has red and green color coding—green indicates pills are to be taken, and once emptied, the pillbox is turned upside down with the red end showing. This allows users and caregivers to verify compliance at a glance.

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Standing Lift

SureHands® Active stand-assist lift is designed for users who can stand but have difficulty getting up and down from a seated position. Clothing can be easily removed as the sling supporting the back and upper body lifts the user into a semi-standing position. There is an adjustable knee pad with a leg support that keeps the body in balance during lifting and moving. The lift has a short, width-adjustable base making it easily maneuverable in small rooms.

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Disinfecting Bleach Wipes

Alcavis HDC Bleach-Wipes provide a time-saving, convenient method for surface decontamination and disinfection. The wipes contain a consistent and accurate concentration of bleach in a prediluted single or double prepackaged 8″ x 10″ towelette. The 1:100 dilution provides general surface cleaning without causing premature degradation of equipment. This product meets CDC recommendations and OSHA requirements for surface disinfection at 500ppm.

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Risk Tracking Software

LTC Alliance’s Risk Tracker 2.1 is a software program designed to help healthcare organizations—including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, and retirement communities—evaluate and track their risk exposure throughout the organization. The program allows for in-depth tracking and trending of quality and risk data using drop-down menus with previously configured high-risk indicators. It also offers the facility the opportunity to configure new indicators to track additional information as desired. Users may set up a single facility or multiple facilities within the organization. Specific locations within a facility (units, wings, floors) may be configured.

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Emergency Signaling System

Jeron offers LTC facilities the Provider® 620 tone-visual emergency signaling system. The master station is equipped with a text display and has corresponding LEDs with assigned stations. Additionally, call priority LEDs allow attendants to quickly and accurately triage calls at the master station. The Provider 620 is suitable for LTC facilities with options such as Resident Check-in and Wireless Pendant call buttons. In an emergency, specific staff members can be immediately notified via pocket pagers for quick response. Flexible and customizable, the Provider 620 streamlines communication according to the facility’s needs, enhancing resident care.

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Cleaner/Degreaser

For hospitals and healthcare facilities, the eco-friendly Oil Eater, from Kafko International Ltd., is a water-based cleaner/degreaser. The low-VOC cleaner is biodegradable, nonflammable, and nontoxic. Oil Eater is formulated to clean blood serum and stool as well as dirt and grime on floors and walls. It penetrates rapidly, rinses off easily, and leaves no residue. Oil Eater contains no acids, abrasives, or petroleum solvents; has a fresh scent; and will not harm skin. Available in a 32 oz. spray bottle, a one-gallon bottle, and 5-, 30-, and 55-gallon drums.

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Standing Frame With Tray

Altimate Medical has added the redesigned Shadow Tray option to its EasyStand Evolv standing frame. The Shadow Tray follows and supports the user as he or she rises from sitting to standing. The tray and front pad have greater (fore and aft) depth adjustment and greater height adjustment. A new clamping mechanism is safe, durable, and easily locks the tray in both the flat and flipped-up positions. An adjustable support arm under the tray helps to keep the tray level at all times.

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Picture Charting Software

American Data’s Picture Charting capability is built into the electronic medical record system ECS—Electronic Chart System and Financial System. Every facility has the option of creating its own picture library with the use of a digital camera. This capability has recently been enhanced so that a facility is able to automatically crop and frame photos.

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Electronic Medical Records System

SigmaCare® mobile electronic medical records system was designed specifically for LTC to improve operations, reimbursement, and resident care with project management, training, and support. SigmaCare delivers point-of-care CPOE, eMAR/TAR, CNA and Rehabilitation charting, progress notes, clinical assessments, MDS, care planning, real-time dashboards, comprehensive reporting, and interoperability with RHIOs, vendors, and providers.

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Whirlpool Bathtub

The Supreme, from Safety Bath, Inc., was designed for care homes and assisted living facilities where users have some ambulatory ability and are able to access a walk-in bathtub. Special features in the Supreme include a hygienic San-Air Whirlpool system and a built-in disinfection system. The Supreme is client and caregiver friendly and less expensive to use than a traditional lift bathtub.

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Cane Clip Holder

The Cane-Companion™ clip holder is a new mobility aid for cane users. It slips onto waistbands so users can clip their canes in place quickly and perform common tasks that require two hands. Featuring high-strength polymer, it’s simple, secure, and easy to clean.

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Personalized Reporting Software

WoundExpert® by Net Health Systems provides a solution for wound care in the long-term care setting by promoting risk management and prevention, facilitating cost tracking of products and services, ensuring compliance. The Personalized Dashboard Reporting service release integrates analysis and continuous performance monitoring into a common outcomes-tracking, benchmarking, and reporting platform.

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Extra-Wide Bed

NOA Medical Industries now offers an extra-wide bed for greater comfort. The new Twin Riser incorporates a 39″ wide sleep surface, and has a high-low function from 7-26″ for resident safety and caregiver convenience. The Twin Riser has a safe working load of 500 lbs. Cost is comparable to standard size LTC beds. Mattress width is standard size for “twin style” beds.

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Versatile Bed

The new UltraCare XT bed from Joerns Healthcare delivers flexibility by adapting to any care environment—whether classic skilled nursing, deluxe accommodations, short-term rehab, or even for your bariatric population.

With advanced positioning, UltraLock safety and mobility, and hi-low speed options, you can provide the safest care with just one bed. The UltraCare XT offers options and accessories that promote quality of life in a variety of care environments.

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Beverage Service

S&D Coffee, Inc., has products to meet the demands of a long-term care facility—from coffee to hot tea to iced tea to juice and support products. Beyond traditional coffee, S&D roasts specialty coffees and continues to enhance these offerings with the additions of Fair Trade™, Rainforest Alliance™, and Organic Certified coffees. More than 70,000 customers throughout the United States are serviced through an extensive distribution and route delivery network.

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Battery-Operated Lift

The Molift Partner 255 is for everyday transfers in a hospital or institutional setting. This battery-operated lift has a weight capacity of 560 lbs. with a safe and comfortable vertical column. The Molift Partner 255 is available with the following accessories: Molift Scale, Molift Stretcher, and Ambulating Arms.

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Memorial Book

Beyond This Day is a memorial book that provides family members with a permanent memorial of their loved one together with practical advice and comforting readings. It’s less expensive than floral arrangements and other gestures that console the family for only a short time, and is available in a selection of gift cases, with a personalized insert recognizing your company as having provided this gift.

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Payroll Software

Legiant Timecard handles exempt, salaried, and hourly employees in one time-and-attendance system. It includes precise payroll integration, employee self-service features such as leave requests, advanced reporting, and project tracking.

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Hip Protectors

Secure® hip protectors are available in black (male fly front), white (unisex), or pink (female). They are soft and comfortable, made of 94% cotton and 6% spandex material. With sewn-in hip pads and a removable tailbone pad, this latex-free garment can be used as a hip protector or a combination hip-and-tailbone protector. The high-impact memory foam pads contour to the resident’s body shape providing a comfortable fit when worn day or night. All three pads are encased in waterproof covers to eliminate foam breakdown. The garment can be worn as underwear or outside clothing and is covered by a 6-month warranty.

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LED Nightlights

This family of LED nightlights and chart/reading lights from Cooper Healthcare Solutions offers an energy-efficient, low-glare solution for aiding nighttime navigation. Offered in three unique styles, the nightlights feature aesthetics, durability, and low power consumption in a compact but powerful package, making them suitable for all types of applications including healthcare, hospitality, and senior living facilities. Available with white, red, or amber LEDs, the long-lasting nightlights bring soft, low-level illumination to small areas without disturbing sleep. Recent studies have found that these colors can complement a person’s circadian rhythm.

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Richard Peck

Richard L. Peck was editor in chief of I Advance Senior Care / Long-Term Living for 18 years. For eight years previous to that, he served as editor of the clinical magazine Geriatrics. He has written extensively on developments in the field of senior care and housing.