LOS ANGELES — At first glance, the fall prevention program at a Southern California skilled nursing facility sounds too simple to make a huge difference. It largely relies on colorful bedside signs to alert staff members that patients are at special...
PHOENIX — Staff at the 162-bed Henry J. Carter Nursing Facility in New York City achieved a 78% reduction in the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) with training on basic care and strict adherence to preventive practices,...
At AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference, the Innovations workgroup led an engaging session to introduce the concept of innovation and implementation as it pertains to health care in general, and...
A qualitative study from Australia has found that staffing levels and effective communication of management with staff were found to affect the levels of psychotropic prescribing.
PHOENIX — The recently published Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) and newly updated Surviving Sepsis Campaign international guidelines for management emphasize the need for earlier recognition and more...
SAN ANTONIO — Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, was presented with the David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting in May.
PHOENIX — Depression is common among elderly Americans, but employing solutions beyond medication can lead to positive outcomes and happy facility residents, said Zeeshan Khan, MD, a physician in a geriatric fellowship program with the Rutgers...
Like many nursing home physicians, I am a big proponent of the POLST Paradigm. I believe POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, for those who live in the minority of states still without this modality) and its fellows (MOLST, MOST,...
PHOENIX — The Foundation Futures Program started as an opportunity for physicians to learn more about post-acute and long-term care, and it eventually expanded to include advance practice professions. This year, the program — held during AMDA – the...
