In light of the global health emergency due to the spreading concern of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, surveyors will be paying particular attention to infection prevention and control in long-term care facilities. While safety precautions and procedures for infection...
Long Term Care facilities understandably need to be kept as clean as possible to keep residents healthy and prevent the spread of disease. Residents are exposed to a variety of pathogens through daily life as they interact with visitors, caregivers, and other...
Bacteria and other harmful pathogens pose a serious risk to those being bathed in a health care setting. These pathogens can come from the surfaces of improperly cleaned and disinfected bathing equipment or “cross-contamination,” and from the residents...
Researchers say they nearly eliminated deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a study encompassing 50 patient rooms at two medical facilities by using a specific spectrum of ultraviolet light. Short-wave ultraviolet radiation has been used to sterilize...
The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs offers a unique program, with the goal to keep veterans in their own homes. View the video above of a November 2013 broadcast on KSTP 5 Eyewitness News to learn more about the Minnesota Veterans Adult Day Center, where a...
At the 2014 National LeadingAge Convention, attendees could participate in a “Virtual Dementia Tour®” provided by Second Wind Dreams®, where one could experience, to a certain extent, the challenges people with dementia face in their daily lives. A group of...
