Resident Care

Focus On…Skin Care

focuson Skin CareDry skin: More than an annoyanceLinda Zinn, Editor, shares a few practical tips gleaned from professional conferences and reports on Read More »

2005 OPTIMA Award Entry: An Adventure into Snoezelen Therapy

BY THE STAFF OF THE BRIAN CENTER HEALTH AND REHABILITATION/BREVARD, BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA An adventure into Snoezelen therapyUsing the Snoezelen Read More »

Managing Diabetes Awareness in Long-Term Care

BY MICHELLE D. DUMONCEAUX Managing diabetes awareness in long-term careTargeting the right resources is key to saving time while improving care Read More »

Butterflies are Free: One Nursing Home’s End

< b>BY THE STAFF ASSOCIATES AT LIFE CARE CENTER OF SARASOTA, SARASOTA, FLAAs fellow leaders of quality skilled nursing facilities, Read More »

Focus On…Pressure Relief & Wound Care

focuson Pressure Relief & Wound Ca reImplementing the new CMS guidelines for wound care Areas for potential citations are explained by Jeffrey M. Read More »

Managing Dysphagia in Residents With Dementia

MANAGING DYSPHAGIA IN RESIDENTS WITH DEME NTIASKILLED INTERVENTION FOR A COMMON-AND T ROUBLING-DISORDERBY SUE Read More »

Focus On…Infection Control

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Nutrition for the Dementia Resident

BY BECKY DORNER, RD, LD Nutrition for the dementia residentHow to handle common challenges  Anna was a delightful lady who everyone quickly fell in Read More »

Focus On…Incontinence

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Opening an Alzheimer’s Day Care Center

BY MARTHA SPINKS, MSW, PHD < /TABLE>   Opening an Alzheimer's Day Care Cente rFrom the staff of the S. Read More »

Focus On…Mobility & Rehabilitation

focuson Mobility & RehabilitationWheelchairs: One size does not fit allInterview with Deborah Gavin-Dreschnack, PhD  Just like in the story of Read More »

Horseplay Encouraged

BY DAVID BARNARD Horseplay encouragedEquestrian therapy makes use of its "neigh"-sayers  As an administrator, how often do you walk around your Read More »

CMS’s New Guidance for Pressure Ulcers: What It Means

BY TODD HUTLOCK, ASSISTANT EDITOR CMS's new guidance for pressure ulcers: What it meansInterview with Courtney H. Lyder, ND, GNP, FAAN  On November Read More »

Activities for Dementia Care: Unlocking What Remains

As the rapidly falling snow swirls and blows around the courtyard outside the activities room at Menorah Park Center for Senior Living in Beachwood, Read More »

Handwashing Antiseptics: The Product Selection Challenge

INTERVIEW WITH RITA MCCORMICK, RN, CIC, SENIOR INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL & CLINICS AUTHORITY Handwashing Read More »

Is Your Staff Ready for Violent Residents?

BY DAVID LENNOX, PHD  Where would you feel safer working, a nursing home or a coal mine? According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration Read More »

Avoiding Drug-Induced Depression in Nursing Home Residents

BY BRIAN GARAVAGLIA, PHD  Many individuals are admitted to acute, subacute, and long-term care facilities each year suffering from a depression that Read More »

Innovative Illness-Prevention Strategies for Long-Term Care

BY ELIZABETH P. FUSS, RN, MS, CIC As an infection control nurse, I know that residents of LTC facilities would make any infection control Read More »

Wellness for the Subacute Patient

BY TOBI SCHWARTZ-CASSELL   An increase in interest in the wellness Read More »

Creating a Healing Environment

BY ALLAN G. KOMAREK, PHD, RN  In the late 1970s, Angelica Thieriot created the Planetree Organization in an attempt to personalize, humanize, and Read More »

Managing Dysphagia in Dementia: A Timed Snack Protocol

BY FAERELLA BOCZKO, MS, CCC/SLPManaging dysphagia in dementia: A timed snack protocolRecent pilot studies indicate that appropriate snacks Read More »

Focus On…Pressure Relief

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An All-Out Attack on Falls

Our falls-prevention program began in 1998 and has progressed and grown over the years. We performed an intense review and revision of the program Read More »

Preventing Aspiration Pneumonia in At-Risk Residents

BY BRENDA K. LOGSDON, MA, CCC/SLPPreventing aspiration pneumonia in at-risk residents  Aspiration pneumonia is an infection in the lungs commonly Read More »

Focus On…Incontinence

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Guilt-Free Getaways for MDS Coordinators

BY JENNIFER GROSS, RN, BSN, AND STEVEN B. LITTLEHALE, MS, APRN, BCGuilt-free getaways for MDS coordinatorsJust because the MDS never takes a vacation Read More »

Ten Steps for Planning Nursing Assistants Week

BY GENEVIEVE GIPSON, RN, MED, RNCTen steps for planning Nursing Assistants WeekSuggestions from the Career Nursing Assistants' Programs for the June Read More »

Stopping Pressure Ulcers-Before They Start

INTERVIEW WITH STEVE MOGENSEN AND JOHN HERTIGStopping pressure ulcers-Before they start  Wound care expert Courtney H. Lyder's mention in our January Read More »

The Total Restorative Care Concept

BY SHARON SACRE, RN, BSThe total restorative care conceptEnriching nursing assistants' involvement in restorative care becomes a win-win Read More »

Focus On…Infection Control

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