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A resident’s psychotic episode
Angie (pseudonym) had been here a couple of weeks. Some staff noted that she had been here before.…
Projects Read MoreA call for more nurses, fewer antipsychotics in nursing homes
Hundreds of thousands of elderly nursing home residents receive atypical antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes. Many uses are…
News Read MoreOnly 16 days until… NURSING HOME WEEK
Halloween costumes in the store in August…Christmas decorations on homes and in businesses in September…Valentine’s candy packed on…
Projects Read MoreHHS finalizes community-based care rule; promotes home-based demo program
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) yesterday announced two new initiatives to promote home- and…
News Read MoreMcKesson to pay $190 million to resolve false-claims allegations
McKesson Corp., a drug wholesaler and health information technology (HIT) provider, has agreed to pay the U.S. more…
News Read MoreCalling full-court press on Alzheimer’s disease
At a National Alzheimer’s Dinner held on April 25, in Washington, D.C., University of Tennessee Women’s Basketball Head…
News Read MoreWhat’s your ideal environment for aging?
That’s a question I’ve posed to many LTC providers, aging experts and senior living designers and architects when…
Projects Read MoreGet social—or else!
Social media. Those two words incite a range of reactions out of providers—from irritation to bewilderment, from confusion…
Projects Read More5 secrets your line staff wishes you knew
Click-clack. Click-Clack. The hard-bottomed shoes of the administrator echoed through the halls once again, this time accompanied by…
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