Recently, the state health officials release the news that three cases of flu at a Twin Cities nursing home may signal an unexpectedly early start to the 2010-2011 influenza seasons.Officials are encouraging people to take advantage of the ready availability of the vaccine in case the season is underway.In a normal summer, small groups of influenza cases usually occur in nursing homes or day care centers. But usually disappear in early fall....more
If you are considering moving one or both of your parents into a nursing home or assisted living facility, this is probably an emotionally wrenching time for you. Facing the fact that your parents are getting to the point where you need to take care of them is never easy. No matter what kind of childhood you had, there was a point in which your mom or dad or both were primarily...more
Long Term Care and Nursing Home Information Systems Market Strategies, Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (July 21, 2010) - Announces that it has a new study on Long Term Care and Nursing Home Information Systems: Market Strategies, Shares, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016. Long term care and nursing home information systems create ways to treat patients in long term care facilities more efficiently. The study has 253 pages and 93 tables and figures. New long term care information systems have revolutionized the market, creating units that work across the board in long term care situations. This evolution of the software means that clinicians have more flexibility of care decisions, caring for people. Information systems are emerging as a significant part of the nursing home and long term care delivery systems. All facilities have some kind of automated systems, but this study addresses the industry specific systems that are evolving with industry specific financial management and process integration. Software leverages the efficiency of clinical process in ways that have never become possible before. The electronic patient record can be...more
No matter how you positively think to remain young forever, getting old can't be avoided and it will really happen in due time. That's why it should be a group interest to address the situation in a creative, intelligent and caring means. The day will come that you become infirm and old needing someone to care and assist daily. Though for several...more
Time causes change on everything. The continuous movement of time slowly brings you or your loved ones to senior stage wherein several changes from physical and even mental aspects will be experienced. Senior loved ones require a comfortable senior living community to assist and take good care of your needs.One of senior living options is a nursing...more
In America, there are many old people who need to be taken care of. Thanks to the careers of youngsters and nuclear families, the aged are left behind to fend for themselves. Anything can happen, accidents within the home, they need even help to go to the toilet. This is a void that only some kind of assistant can fill. In such cases a nursing assistant can come very useful. If you want to serve the elderly in their home or patients in hospitals, then you can enroll yourself in a college or hospital as a nursing assistant. You can pursue a decent career as a certified nursing assistant. The training programs are quite simple as you will need to demonstrate lot of patience and love when handling your patients. Negligence in handling patients is becoming a very common thing these days. There can be various reasons for that, like doctors and nurses failing to provide the needed care for their patients. Patient neglect can result in serious results for the patient which is why an assistant can be very useful. In the CNA training prime importance is given to patient care as it is the most important role for a nursing...more
If you are looking for a long care nursing facility for someone you love then, no doubt, you will want to choose a nursing home that has a history of providing quality care for its...more
If you have ever had to make the difficult decision of placing someone you love into a nursing home then you know how agonizing the decision making process and its implementation can be....more
This may be one of the hardest choices you will be forced to make. A loved one needs care that can no longer be provided at home and you now have to choose a nursing home to provide for their care.Finding the right nursing home takes a large amount...more
Some people like watching TV shows, while others prefer to see everything in a real life. The individuals that got used to experience everything by their own are not so rare in our society. In this respect, extreme sports and dangerous ventures are...more
View Larger MapNursing Home Abuse Continues to be Reported in the News By: Michael Ehline About the Author Understanding that elder and dependant...more
Each year millions of our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and family loved ones are victimized by the very people that are entrusted with their care. Nursing home abuse is far more prevalent than most of us would like to think. Exact statistics...more