November 2020

Alzheimer’s disease brain changes may be the culprit when an older person with no known cognitive decline has a fall, according to a study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Diseases.

Do you know of anything to assist with protecting nursing staff from violent residents, visitors or fellow staff members?

Two wound ostomy nurses have proposed a scale that distinguishes between end-of-life skin failure and pressure injuries (PIs), a tool that could lead to better interventions and decrease reimbursement...

Near infrared spectroscopy can accurately assess oxygen levels in wounds and help providers predict which ones will be slow to heal.

Why does the wound physician want to change an unstageable wound to a stage 3?

Increasing direct care workers’ pay to a living wage would not only raise their total wages by $9.4 billion by 2022, it would also lead to several benefits for operators, including less staff shortages...

An analysis of 97 COVID-19 studies by investigators from Switzerland and Colombia has found that more than half of healthcare workers who test positive for the virus are nurses. The study also showed that...

With COVID-19 and influenza brewing, how can we keep our residents from becoming depressed and feeling lonely over the holidays if they can’t be with their families?

As loneliness continues to affect seniors in long-term care amid the pandemic, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine are using artificial intelligence to study the issue...

Thanks to COVID-19, more skilled nursing leaders are finding that engagement technology has become a necessity. In fact, the number of nursing home executives who view the technology as having a clear...