Rehabilitation

Sailing to Success

In the mid-1990s, 2000, and 2004, a series of decline points in the overall market share of guests needing rehabilitation services and, Read More »

Questions & answers from the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC)

Q: Regarding Significant Change in Status Assessments (SCSA): The RAI User's Manual states that improvement or decline would be in two or more of Read More »

Focus on Mobility and Rehab

Standing and Raising Aid Sara Plus from ARJO is an ergonomic standing and raising aid that mobilizes residents during everyday activities such as Read More »

Joint replacement Rehab: A team approach to recovery

Since joint replacement procedures debuted in the mid-20th century, people with limited mobility have gained a new lease on life. The general Read More »

Continuing care at home

Gina Bell, a Live At Home driver who consistently receives a 100% satisfaction rating, transports an average of 10% of program members to medical Read More »

The weaning of long-term mechanical ventilator–supported patients

In the early 1950s, New York's Goldwater Memorial Hospital opened its first ventilator unit in response to polio epidemics. You may remember Read More »

Focus On…Mobility/Rehabilitation

focuson Mobility/Rehabilitation'Current' trends in rehab therapyOnce considered as part of a sports medicine program, electrotherapy modalities are Read More »

Rehab Perspectives, an Aegis Therapies Supplement

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More Than Weight Loss: A Steady Diet of Support and Achievement

BY MICHAEL PELTIER, ASSISTANT EDITOR   More than weight loss: A steady diet of support and achievementA skilled nursing facility Read More »

Take a Look Before You Hook

BY JULIE A. BRAUN, JD,LLMTake a look before you hookPreventing deaths and serious injuries from medical gas mix-ups   Nursing homes Read More »

Rehab Perspectives Supplement

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Making the Most of RUG-53

Making the most of RUG-53BY RENA R. SHEPHARD, MHA, RN, FACDONA, RAC-C  The new classification system can still maximize your deserved Medicare 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 »

Focus On…Rehabilitation

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Massage Therapy for Elder Residents

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Here Come the Rehab Therapy Caps

by Richard L. Peck, Editor-in-Chief Unless Congress pulls a last-minute switcheroo-in which case, read this article as what might have been-the Read More »

Better Pain Management = Fewer Pressure Ulcers

Better Pain Management = Fewer Pressure UlcersRevising the pain-assessment protocol in this rehab unit lowered the number of facility-acquired Read More »

The Softer Side of Therapy

The Softer Side of TherapyTherapeutic benefits without the "work"By Sandra Hoban, Assistant Managing Editor  While traditional therapies are the Read More »

Beverly Rehab Moves to Strength Training

Using specially designed Nautilus equipment, Beverly Rehabilitation aims to give frail elderly a new lease on life By Sandra Hoban, Assistant Read More »

Gait Training to Improve Resident Mobility

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RUG Software: Issues and Answers

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