Mrs. H was a 71-year-old long-term resident of a skilled nursing facility. Her medical history was significant for severe malnutrition, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and brittle diabetes mellitus. She was unable to ambulate and required...
My name is Penny Cook, and I am the new president and chief executive officer of Pioneer Network. Many of you know Pioneer Network as a leader in changing the culture of long-term care. Our 21-year-old organization began with a group of “pioneers”...
Federal guidance issued to state survey agencies last summer is expected to reduce inconsistencies in the issuance of civil monetary penalties (CMPs) and to curb what the nursing home industry has decried as a growing and unreasonable use of...
In a display of bipartisan support, Congress passed and President Trump signed the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act.
Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who have a strong presence in nursing homes are uniquely positioned to conduct medication reviews for long-stay residents, according to a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted as part of the Missouri...
The number of nursing home residents with either primary or comorbid substance use disorders (SUDs) is on the rise — while the average age upon admission is getting younger — according to a consultant tasked with training medical professionals and...
What does it take to give nursing home residents a true feeling of home? Dutch researchers have found that the architecture and interior design of a facility can have a profound impact — and in a new research article, they offer checklists and...
Alarms have gotten much more attention in the last few years as a patient safety intervention, and they seem to have far more opponents than proponents. I’m not talking about alarms that alert an intensive care unit nurse of a critically low oxygen...
While AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has represented the nursing home medical director since the 1970s, the role of a facility’s medical directors has historically been a better kept secret than Superman’s alter ego...
