Skilled Nursing

Bathing as a Wellness Experience

Bathing as a Wellness ExperienceBathing area design features enhance independence and feelings of well-beingBY JULIE MOLLER, ASID, AND CARRIE Read More »

Documenting Quality Assurance

Documenting Quality AssuranceThose meeting minutes will improve your facility-and save it from survey griefBY LINDA O'BOYLE ZANESKI, NHA, MHA, BSN, Read More »

Weight Loss Prevention Strategies: What Is Your Facility’s Score?

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Helping Residents Stay Dry

Helping Residents Stay DryAN INTERVIEW WITH MARY H. PALMER, PHD Because of physical changes associated with aging and sometimes caused by cognitive Read More »

Montessori Principles Work for Alzheimer’s

Montessori Principles Work for Alzheimer'sWhat did Maria Montessori discover in her works with children that could be useful in the care of residents Read More »

Do Quality Measures Really Indentify Quality Care?

Do Quality Measures Really Identify Quality Care?Despite efforts to refine them, QMs still have their problemsBY STEVEN B. LITTLEHALE, MS, APRN, BC, Read More »

Caring for Patients With AIDS

An interview with John R. Brechtl, MD, FACP  Patients with AIDS can present unique challenges to nursing homes. Not only do they tend to be younger Read More »

Not Just an “Old Folks’ Home”

An interview with David Fridkin, FACHE, and Eulalia Awan, RNIllustration: "The Bus," by Frida Kahlo, 1929  Imagine finding yourself confined to a Read More »

When Drugs Don’t Kill ‘Bugs’

When Drugs Don't Kill 'Bugs'Strategies for preventing the spread of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteriaBY ROBERT J. SHARBAUGH, PHD, Read More »

Choosing a Medical Director: One Size Does Not Fit All

AN INTERVIEW WITH KEITH KREIN, MD, CMD The medical director of a skilled nursing facility must wear many hats and please many people, and this Read More »

The Power of the MDS

The Power of the MDSQuality Indicators shoulsn't be feared - they are a useful resourceBY RENA R. SHEPHARD, RN, BA, FACDONA The Minimum Data Set Read More »

Caring for Aging Skin

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The Case of the Missing Medical Records

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Better Pain Management = Fewer Pressure Ulcers

Better Pain Management = Fewer Pressure UlcersRevising the pain-assessment protocol in this rehab unit lowered the number of facility-acquired Read More »

Medication-Monitoring Lawsuit: Case Study and Lessons Learned

Medication-Monitoring Lawsuit: Case Study and Lessons LearnedAnother real-life case in nursing home litigationby Linda Williams, RN The lack of a Read More »

Successfully Implementing Divergent Specialized Programs in a SNF

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HIPAA Compliance Requires Facilities to Have Privacy Policy

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Can You Use a Legal Nurse Consultant?

Can You Use a Legal Nurse Consultant?These specially trained and experienced nurses can be frontline protectors against liability suitsBY MARDY Read More »

Performance Improvement: The New Quality Paradigm

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Pressure Ulcers: Case Study and Lessons Learned

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HIPAA Compliance, Part 2: Monitoring Your “Business Associates”

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Electronic Supportive Documentaion: Welcome to the Future

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Dont Let Pain Management Complicate Nutritional Care

Don't Let Pain Management Complicate Nutritional Care By Becky Dorner, RD, LD "In this nation, it has been said that people are living longer but are Read More »

Managing Pressure Ulcer Risk in Long-Term Care

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Chronic Pain: We’ re Undertreating the Elderly

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Teamwork: A Winning Approach to Wound Care

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The Nursing Home of the Future: Are You Ready?

The Nursing Home of the Future: Are You Ready? Tomorrow's resident care will take more than "quality-of-life" lip service By Margaret P. Calkins, Read More »

Nursing Assistant Training and Education: What’s Missing?

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Handwashing: Doing it Right

Adapted from Hand Hygiene Practices, a publication of DebMed, manufacturer of skin care products, with permission. Most modern healthcare Read More »

New Drugs in the Long-Term Care Setting, Part 1

New Drugs in the Long-Term Care Setting, Part 1 A quick look at the benefits, uses and abuses of some recent candidates for LTC formularies B y James Read More »