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Can You Succeed as a Jekyll and Hyde Leader?
November 6, 2009 3:38 PM by Liz Rosto
The following is a guest blog from Anthony Cirillo: In his latest book Warren Bennis raises questions about the nature of leadership. He asks, "Can a leader both act and be real?" Bill George, a professor at the Harvard Business School, in his book True Read More...
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AARP Endorses House Health Care Reform Bill
November 5, 2009 8:54 PM by Maureen Salera
At a press briefing today at AARP's Washington headquarters, AARP Chief Executive A. Barry Rand said AARP supports the House health care reform bill over other proposals because this plan does more to lower drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, strengthen Read More...
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Fighting off Germs
October 30, 2009 12:40 PM by Maureen Salera
We all know that washing our hands is the best way to guard against the spread of germs. But there are several other measures that can also help protect us from contamination. In this Washington Post article , health care professionals share some other Read More...
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Six-year-old girl faces eviction from retirement community
October 22, 2009 12:52 PM by Maureen Salera
There's a debate raging in a Florida retirement community over evicting a six-year-old girl who lives there with her grandparents. Kimberly Broffman is the little girl at the center of it all. She lives in the retirement community with grandparents Jimmy Read More...
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Futile end-of-life care
October 16, 2009 1:42 PM by Maureen Salera
Two new studies from The New England Journal of Medicine indicate that nursing home residents may be receiving futile care measures at the end of their lives. In one study, doctors examined health records of 3,702 nursing-home residents across the nation Read More...
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Proper Handwashing Technique
October 16, 2009 10:44 AM by Liz Rosto
With the H1N1 virus lurking in our office (so far, one confirmed case), experts agree that aside from vaccination, the best defense is thorough handwashing. Check out this video from the Washington Post that shows proper handwashing technique. We hear Read More...
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Dialysis May Do More Harm Than Good
October 15, 2009 4:34 PM by Heather Simons
A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine questions whether dialysis is the best treatment for nursing home patients. As reported by USA Today , more than half of older nursing home residents die within a year of starting dialysis and "nearly Read More...
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Nurses Against H1N1 Vaccination
October 9, 2009 1:41 PM by Maureen Salera
A letter to the editor in today's Philadelphia Inquirer details the reasons why two Philadelphia-area registered nurses are rejecting the swine flu vaccine after attending a conference on the subject. Read the letter to the editor here . Given the recent Read More...
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Recession May Spur Longevity
October 2, 2009 2:36 PM by Maureen Salera
Longevity actually flourishes in times of economic hardship, and that may be true for the current recession as well, according to research that appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . After examining life expectancy and mortality Read More...
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Salsa at 3 a.m.?
September 24, 2009 10:23 AM by Maureen Salera
This morning, Good Morning America ran a segment about a program that allows patients with Alzheimer's or dementia to stay active all night long. The program, which is billed as the first of its kind, takes place in the Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, Read More...
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Not Just Part of the Job
September 17, 2009 10:24 PM by Maureen Salera
Most people figure that work-related injuries are just part of the job for nurses. With all that lifting, turning, repositioning and transferring that nurses do, injuries abound. In fact, a report on the American Nurses Association Web site indicates Read More...
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Still Alice
September 10, 2009 10:11 PM by Maureen Salera
My book club recently started reading Still Alice , a novel by Lisa Genova. The book chronicles a 50-year-old woman's experience with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. In doing some research on the book, I came across the author's Web site, and found the Read More...
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Guest Blog: "New Leadership Methods Needed if Person-Centered Care to Blossom"
September 4, 2009 3:34 PM by Liz Rosto
The following is a guest blog by Anthony Cirillo: The Joint Commission recently emphasized the need for more involvement from healthcare administrators, executives and trustees in preventing medical errors. It also recommended using successful methods Read More...
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Report Outlines How Health Reform Will Help Seniors
September 4, 2009 2:54 PM by Heather Simons
A recent report at HealthReform.gov outlines exactly how health insurance reform, if passed, would strengthen health care for seniors and long-term care residents. "America's Seniors and Health Insurance Reform: Protecting Coverage and Strengthening Medicare" Read More...
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Seniors concerned about proposed health care reform
August 28, 2009 1:58 PM by Maureen Salera
All the mixed messages over President Obama's plan for health care reform are apparently leaving seniors feeling fearful, or at least according to this article in The Washington Post . Specifically, some elderly people fear the new plan will mean a complete Read More...
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