Resident Care
7 Tips for Infection Prevention in Diabetes Care
Regular finger sticks and insulin injections offer a small but real chance of infection, but common sense protocols can reduce that risk. Read More »
AI and EHR: Perfect Together?
Big data and electronic health records — along with other technologies — could change the way long-term care is delivered.
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Involving the Wider Community
It’s not always easy, but bringing the outside world to your residents can benefit everyone involved.
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Top 5 Electronic Medical Records Software
Choosing the right electronic medical records software for your practice is no small task, especially for resource-strapped medical offices. There are hundreds of options and lots of features to understand. It’s easy to get confused, which is where Software Advice comes in.
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Something to Sleep On— How to Improve Sleep for Residents with Dementia
When caring for residents with dementia, one quickly realizes that a common problem is sleep—too much or too little. If too little, not only is the resident not getting needed sleep, but the sleepless resident’s behaviors can disturb other residents.
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New predictive tool may identify the risk of dementia within Parkinson’s
The Montreal Parkinson Risk of Dementia Scale (MoPaRDS), which comprises 8 simple clinical variables, is effective for predicting the risk for dementia in patients with Parkinson disease(PD), according to findings from a multicenter study published in JAMA Neurology.
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Brown University receives $100M donation for brain disease research
One of the largest gifts in Brown University history, from Brown graduate Robert J. Carney and his wife, Nancy D. Carney, is intended to quicken the pace of neuroscience research in R.I., with the potential to develop new treatments and cures for such devastating conditions as Alzheimer’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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Nursing homes may be illegally refusing residents in need of addiction treatment
Nursing facilities routinely turn away patients seeking post-hospital care if they are taking medicine to treat opioid addiction, a practice that legal experts say violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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When lifts break
A broken Hoyer lift and shortage on lift pads means that SNF resident blogger Kathy Mears has to stay in bed for the foreseeable future. Read More »
Mourning before death
Families may be grieving how cognition or illness have diminished the capacity of a loved one, stirring up emotions that aren’t usually acknowledged until after death. Caregivers have an opportunity to ease the anticipatory loss or long goodbye to help families acknowledge their feelings, seek support and connect with one another before it’s too late.
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