July/August 2023

One in three skilled nursing operators in a recent industry survey said their workforce levels worsened over the previous year. 

Hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information prompted federal regulators to issue a special memo the first week of June.

Tell us about the goal of your recent study of models that might reduce rehospitalizations and improve nursing home care.

At our facility, we change Foley catheters once a month, with the change date written on the treatment record. Regulations lead me to believe they should not be changed routinely. Is that correct?

Patient advocates hailed news of the first approved drug to treat agitation related to Alzheimer’s disease dementia, but prescribing the drug may put long-term care clinicians in a bind.

Q: How can we avoid F-tags for skin integrity and pressure ulcers?

Wound care professionals need to do a better job of balancing the use of antimicrobial products for healing with concerns about “uncontrolled” reliance amid increasing antibiotic resistance, British...

A new 3-D pen uses a healing ink to deliver immune system fluids directly to cuts and wounds. 

Interventions aimed at reducing work-related stress for nurses may lead to improvements in how people cope with stress up to a year later, according to Dutch researchers.

Q: When does a Minimum Data Set error become fraud?