Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management articles from January 1986

Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management archives from January 1986

New formula for purchasing capital equipment. (nutrition briefs)
January 1, 1986... New Formula For Purchasing Capital Equipment Capital equipment includes those items that have a long life, are expensive, and/or are carried on the balance sheet of the food and beverage operation. As such, capital equipment is depreciated...

Medical malpractice: past and present. (legal briefs)
January 1, 1986... Medical Malpractice: Past and Present Past About 10 years past, there was a very unstable state of affairs within the medical liability insurance industry, which manifested itself in dramatic increases in the cost of professional...

Neuroactive drug interactions in the LTCF patient. (long-term care facility)
January 1, 1986... Neuroactive Drug Interactions in the LTCF Patient: Part I. Assumptions and Questions A recent study found that nine out of 10 LTCF patients were receiving an average of 1.5 neuroactive medications over half of therapy judged to be irrational...

Quality-care rules. (government briefs)
January 1, 1986... Quality-Care Rules In the November/December '85 issue, this column recounted the then-latest development in the ancient Colorado case called The Estate of Smith v. Heckler. The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado issued a...

Beta-blocker therapy for acute myocardial infarction. (For Your Information)
January 1, 1986... Beta-Blocker Therapy for Acute Myocradial Infarction Patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction should receive immediate beta-blocker therapy, according to A. Hjalmarson of the University of Goteborg, Sweden, as reported in Medical...

Behavioral responses of the institutionalized elderly to eating & to food services.
January 1, 1986... Behavioral Responses of the Institutionalized Elderly to Eating and To Food Services Two definitions of "behavior" in Webster's Dictionary are the "manner of conducting oneself" and "anything that an organism does involving action and...

Beyond the regulations: some thoughts on the role of the medical director in the long-term-care facility.
January 1, 1986... Beyond the Regulations: Some Thoughts on the Role of the Medical Director in the Long-Term-Care Facility The legal role of the medical director in the long-term-care facility is defined in federal legislation, but the function of the...

Atlanta Symposium on Aging & Health.
January 1, 1986... Atlanta Symposium on Aging and Health A symposium on aging and health was held in Atlanta, GA last May 9 and 10, presented by the Wesley Woods Center and the Emory University School of Medicine Division of Geriatric Medicine, through an...

How gaming can solve your attendance problem. (reducing employee absenteeism)
January 1, 1986... How Gaming Can Solve Your Attendance Problem Age, sex, and education have all been quantified and correlated in a search for the causes of absenteeism. A relevant question, however, is: How does the typical manager benefit from that...

Microprocessing for today's nursing home.
January 1, 1986... Microprocessing for Today's Nursing Home A current trend toward microcomputing in nursing homes is making a strong move to shape financial and management computing needs. The trend has been accelerated dramatically due to two factors: the...

Conflict management: climates in long-term-care facilities.
January 1, 1986... Conflict Management: Climates In Long-Term-Care Facilities As much as 20 percent of a manager's time may be spent attempting to resolve conflicts. Yet there is a dearth of information on how nurse managers, most particularly in long-term...

Coping with nursing home inspections.
January 1, 1986... Coping with Nursing Home Inspections A fact of doing business is that your nursing home will be inspected, in some cases frequently. Your perception (and attitude) concerning the inspection process could influence the outcome--based on your...

Catharsis in the elderly: the perspective of 2 student nurses.
January 1, 1986... Catharsis in the Elderly: The Perspective of Two Student Nurses As two senior nursing students assigned to cofacilitate discussion in a group of elderly nursing home residents, we felt both eager and reluctant as we faced our third weekly...

Volunteers: part of the team.
January 1, 1986... Volunteers: Part of the Team If you speak of your staff in terms of a team, working together cooperatively, weaving the various skills into one strong fabric of services, stop for a minute and think about who you consider the members of this...

Continuing education at Central New Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged.
January 1, 1986... Continuing Education at Central New Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged The Lydia and Morris Goldfarb Institute for Applied Health Care, a nonprofit institute in Somerset, New Jersey, offers educational seminars in the latest theories in...