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 themselves, or...
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 equipment as...
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 Apollo...
