March 2018 39 3 Issue of McKnight's Long Term Care News
March 2018 issue of McKnight's Long-Term Care News
Where are they now?
Where are they now: Good Samaritan Society
After winning a Bronze quality award in 2012 from the McKnight's Technology Awards, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society in South Dakota has designed a ...
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News
Want CE credit? Better have a number
The National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards announced it is creating a continuing education registry.
Providers decry $2 billion loss in therapy caps deal
Providers knew that elimination of Medicare Part B therapy caps would likely come with significant side costs, but nobody wanted them this high.
Online Expo enjoying 12th year
Providers will have ongoing access to all sessions at this month's 12th Annual McKnight's Online Expo for at least six months after the event, organizers ...
Providers take issue with Trump's budget
Long-term care providers found little to like in President Donald Trump's proposed budget for 2019.
Industry balks at drug report
Skilled nursing leaders criticized a Human Rights Watch report on antipsychotics in February.
Therapy caps gone — and so is $2 billion
Providers celebrated the permanent repeal of Medicare Part B therapy limits when President Trump signed a new budget compromise Feb. 9.
State News
Features
Loss of control: Exploring the links between falls and incontinence can improve resident care, safety scores and provider risk ratings
Exploring the links between falls and incontinence brings connections that can improve resident care, safety scores and provider risk ratings.
Just the ticket: From data to design, laundry services are undergoing significant changes
Laundry may not be the sexiest of topics in long-term care, but it is nonetheless an important — albeit sometimes overlooked — element when it ...
60 Seconds with...
60 seconds with Daniel Cannone, D.O., United Church Homes
Q: The United Church Homes has reduced antipsychotic medications dramatically since 2012. How did you accomplish that?
Ask the care expert
Ask the Care Expert about ... palliative wound care
At a recent staff meeting, our medical director asked us to implement palliative wound care. What would that look like for a dying resident?
Resident care
Researchers find higher readmission link
Patients discharged from skilled nursing facilities with functional limitations are at greater risk of being readmitted to a hospital with potentially preventable problems.
Ask the treatment expert
Ask the Treatment Expert about ... dressing expenses
Our number of wounds has not changed, yet our wound care dressing expenses have gone up. How can I get them under control?
Wound care
High-fluid capacity disposables cut IAD
Replacing a non-permeable, reusable pad with a disposable, high-fluid capacity one can reduce the number of incontinence-associated dermatitis cases and lessen their severity, according to ...
Pregnant paws: Fish skins a success at healing wounds
A technique being explored as a treatment for human wounds helped save the lives of three bears in California this winter.
Ask the nursing expert
Ask the Nursing Expert about ... managing a nursing budget
I'm hearing about facilities going bankrupt and closing. As a director of nursing, what can I do to help manage my department's budget without degrading ...
Nursing
Nurses like 12-hour shifts, if done right
Working 12-hour shifts may have a positive effect on job satisfaction and allow nurses more flexibility to further their education, according to a study conducted ...
Ask the payment expert
Ask the Payment Expert about ... the RCS-1 payment system
What is the new RCS-1 payment system all about?
Ask the legal expert
Ask the legal expert about ... liability in flu cases
We've taken reasonable precautions, posted signs, added many hand sanitizers, urged hand washing or mask wearing by visitors, etc., but one of our residents got ...
Legal Matters
SNF sued after firing worker with anxiety
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Nashville-based skilled nursing and rehabilitation company for refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee ...
Facility hit with $25,000 fine when photo appears online
An Illinois skilled nursing and rehab center was fined $25,000 after a certified nurse aide admitted to posting a partially nude photo of a resident ...
Design
Design: Warm design a 'Key' feature
Skilled nursing with a 'boutique' design style? A new continuing care retirement community believes this approach is long overdue.
How to do it…
How to do it... A less painful tech transition
Mobile technology, coupled with a plethora of "apps," is creating amazing opportunities for long-term care residents to connect with the outside world. Getting residents to ...
A day in the life
Technology
Report: Post-acute sector is lagging on telemed adoption
Telemedicine's value across the care continuum is clear, but adoption still lags, according to a report released in February by Sage Growth Partners, a healthcare ...
Opinion
Resident care
Supporting family members bolsters patient care: study
Residents who can't express their wishes about medical care can leave family members emotionally drained.
Editor’s desk
It's time you take care of you, and here is the place
Some people sit down at the beginning of each year and make relatively ambitious goals.
