Pamela Tabar |
January 12, 2016
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has a new tool that has helped many hospitals lower their falls rates by one-third. Can its methodology help your long-term care facility do the same for one of Medicare's "never events"?
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Pamela Tabar |
January 4, 2016
Most recommendations for osteoarthritis tend to favor low-impact exercise, but some research indicates that if the osteoarthritis is mild, a little bit of higher impact exercise might do a lot more good.
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Pamela Tabar |
December 22, 2015
What was the most frequently prescribed drug for seniors? Which ones cost the most? Check out CMS’ new drug spending website.
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Occupational therapy can promote healing, independence and well-being for residents, but all too often treatments are misunderstood or missing. That prevents barriers to providing the best possible care for long-term care residents.
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Pamela Tabar |
December 16, 2015
As obesity rates among older demographics continue to increase, will skilled nursing facilities have the equipment, staff and knowledge to care for them? Maybe not, according to recent findings.
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Resident blogger Kathleen Mears discusses the process of resident care conferences.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 19, 2015
The LTC industry needs YOU! Be sure to contribute to this new national benchmarking survey on the current state of person-centered care delivery in long-term care.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 17, 2015
Music may soothe the soul, but a New York nursing home shows that combining music with physical therapy is very good for the body and the cognitively declining mind, too.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 16, 2015
Steroids may help reduce inflammation, but don’t seem to help protect arthritic knees against structural damage, a new study says.
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Megan Combs |
October 29, 2015
The Functional Brain Trainer is the first adaptive motion-interaction brain training platform.
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Nicole Stempak |
October 15, 2015
People with knee osteoarthritis benefit from exercise therapy sessions spread out over the course of a year compared to consecutive sessions, according to new research.
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When ankle braces wear out or degrade, getting them back into shape takes more than a simple trip to the local shoemaker. Maintenance and adjustments take time and the services of a good orthotist.
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Megan Combs |
August 19, 2015
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced that 2,100 participants have moved on to the contract, risk-bearing period of the bundling pilot program.
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Megan Combs |
August 17, 2015
Four long-term/post-acute care providers have earned this year's top quality awards from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
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Dramatic results from a recent study indicate that integrating Progressive Resistance Exercise (PRE) into the active range of motion portion of a restorative program improves strength and balance.
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Pamela Tabar |
July 27, 2015
Residents at Avanti Senior Living are getting camera-ready for a new photography project about living life passionately in older years.
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Megan Combs |
July 14, 2015
The White House Conference on Aging was held Monday, and several new programs and initiatives were announced.
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Megan Combs |
July 9, 2015
The OIG recommends the CMS accelerate its efforts to begin a new method for paying for therapy.
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Richard Rogoski |
June 30, 2015
Wearable ventilation device can increase physical activity in those with chronic respiratory disease, notes a new study.
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Lois Bowers |
April 21, 2015
Research to improve older adults’ recovery from low-impact fractures and hip fractures has received funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors.
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A skilled nursing facility and a local hospital in Pennsylvania team up to bridge the patient's transition from acute to a post-acute setting while delivering effective wound care.
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Richard Rogoski |
April 14, 2015
Two companies are partnering to expand the use of a walking-assist device to stroke rehabilitation centers.
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Pamela Tabar |
January 12, 2015
Jewish Home Lifecare has received $500,000 in grants to fund programs for outpatient rehab services and overnight stays for those with dementia.
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Independence is a great feeling, especially for those whose mobility is compromised by physical impairments, age, frailty or other healthcare issues. What better gift can be given than that of hope?
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I Advance Senior Care |
September 26, 2014
The American Physical Therapy Association, as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign, has released a list of five practices it says are of questionable value to those undergoing physical therapy.
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I Advance Senior Care |
September 23, 2014
Falls Prevention Awareness Day is one day a year, but the National Council on Aging is offering advice good for all year.
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Robert Gatty |
September 17, 2014
The building crisis in financing and providing effective long-term care services and supports is an ever-growing problem as discussed in a report by the Commission on Long-Term Care.
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Nell Griffin |
September 2, 2014
The final chapter in the series “12 Steps to QAPI” shows how preparation, organization, data and action can correct and improve processes to enhance the quality of care your residents receive.
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Businesses with ties to older adults are supporting the international Gay Games being held this week.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 13, 2014
New York senior healthcare chain is opening the country’s first substance abuse program integrated with the skilled nursing setting.
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