There are ways to push back against bad information, and states show wide variation in the proportion of nursing home ...

Are you at high risk for falls? If you’re older, the answer is likely yes. This article focuses on fall prevention for the ...

Objective The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes in residential aged care (RAC) is uncertain. This paper reports on an intervention component analysis (ICA) of randomised controlled trials ...

Despite this risk, a report published in April by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... That means most nursing home patients who have had only one shot in fall or winter ...

A vast majority of nonprofit and government-owned nursing homes across the U.S. complied with federal infection prevention training requirements, according to the results of an audit conducted by the ...

Nursing home workers should consider depression as a risk factor for resident falls, authors of a new study say. Depression is already reported as an independent risk factor for falls. In fact ...

When Maggie Beer fell down the stairs at her home in August, the results were catastrophic. Left with multiple broken bones, ...

Voluntary COVID vaccination mandates for staff in nursing homes during the pandemic were important. There was no evidence ...

Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, is proud to announce ...

Background Isolation-based practices in nursing homes (NHs) differ from those in acute care. NHs must promote quality of life while preventing infection transmission. Practices used in NHs to ...