Facility security is a key essential in skilled nursing care facilities as per requirement of the Centers For Medicaid Services (CMS). Constantly testing and refining the facility emergency security plan is one of the most important aspects of successful patient care. Facility Security: Skilled Nursing Home Guidelines The CMS requires skilled nursing …
Skilled nursing homes are rapidly moving into the use of high tech and medical apps to provide high level care to their patients. Cutting edge digital health tools enhances communication with consumers, better includes patients in their care decisions, and improve medical outcomes. For example, communicating directly with a patient via text message …
Night owls can be out on the town every night having loads of fun and great experiences but mounting evidence shows they are ruining their health. Night Owls: Bad For Your Health People up most of the night are more prone to suffer from high blood pressure. In a 2013 study in the …
Calories get a bad rap, but your body needs them. Most are used up by functions like breathing, making your heart beat, talking, and walking. If any are left over, your body stores most of them in the form of fat. But it also stores some in your liver and muscles that can be released quickly …
This entire week, May 13-19, 2018 is National Skilled Nursing Home Week. It was formerly known as National Nursing Home Week. This years 2018 theme is “Celebrating Life’s Stories”. This acknowledgement and praise for the skilled nursing fraternity was established by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) in 1967 and always begins on Mother’s Day. …
Fungal infections can be itchy and annoying, but they’re rarely serious. Common infections such as athlete’s foot, and ringworm are caused by fungus and are easy to get and to pass around. In healthy people, they usually don’t spread beyond the skin’s surface, so they’re easy to treat. If you spend a lot of time …
Drug prices and costs to consumers will be the center attention this week as President Trump speaks on this issue. At stake is whether consumers will receive relief from very high drug prices or Big Pharma will continue reaping windfall profits on drugs they bring to market. Drug Prices: Speech Expectations Many …
Ticks borne diseases have more than tripled in the United States since 2004, says the Centers For Disease Control (CDC). The same is true for mosquitoes and fleas. In addition, the CDC says that many more cases go unreported or unrecognized. Zika, West Nile, Lyme, and chikungunya are a growing list of diseases caused by the bite of …
The Alzheimer’s definition received a new definition earlier this month by the Alzheimer’s Association and the National Institute of Aging (NIA). The new definition increases dramatically the number of people considered to have the disease. Alzheimer’s Definition: Change In Scope The new definition includes those who not only display measurable brain changes, but also …