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Researcher Develops Healing Bandage
November 19, 2009 9:48 PM by Maureen Salera
A Penn State researcher has developed a bandage material made from microbial cellulose that the body can absorb. He has developed a method to incorporate enzymes with the bandage that break down the cellulose in a controlled way, according to the Penn Read More...
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Guest Blog: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
November 17, 2009 12:07 PM by Liz Rosto
The following is a guest blog from Kevin R. McMahon: Multi facility nursing home organizations have a fairly standard arrangement that centralizes the operating authority over individual nursing facilities in a regional office. The regional office through Read More...
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Get Online to Get Smarter
November 13, 2009 11:56 AM by Maureen Salera
A study released last month shows that older adults who don't have much experience using the Internet show changes in their brain activity after only one week online. These findings, which were presented Oct. 19 at The Society for Neuroscience's annual Read More...
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AAHSA's Chef Challenge & Last Designer Standing
November 12, 2009 12:01 PM by Liz Rosto
My favorite part of the conference came to a dramatic finish yesterday afternoon, as the winners of the food and design challenges were announced on the exhibit hall floor. After very competitive opening rounds, Team Aramark and Team Mather faced off Read More...
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AAHSA Awards
November 10, 2009 4:23 PM by Liz Rosto
AAHSA honored several individuals and LTC communities in this morning's general session. It's always important to take time out to recognize those who go the extra mile in caring for seniors. Award of Honor: David Ferguson, President and CEO, American Read More...
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AAHSA in the Windy City
November 9, 2009 5:10 PM by Liz Rosto
My first day at AAHSA has been a whirlwind, with so much to see and do in the lecture halls and on the exhibit hall floor! A big hit last year, the Chef Challenge and Last Designer Standing competitions are in full swing. New this year is the AAHSA Idea Read More...
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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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Caught in the Middle
October 30, 2009 9:11 AM by Liz Rosto
A new study from PHI, a national non-profit organization working to strengthen the health care services workforce, reveals that less than one-fifth of Massachusetts direct-care workers (nursing home assistants, home health care aides and personal care Read More...
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Sex Differences in H1N1 Vaccines
October 28, 2009 12:42 PM by Adkins-Ali Carrie
Women's bodies generate a stronger antibody response to the H1N1 vaccine than men's do, so only half the vaccine may be needed to immunize them, according to an op ed piece in the N.Y. Times . "If we could give women a smaller dose, there would be more Read More...
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By the Time H1N1 Vaccine is Available, Will We Still Need it?
October 26, 2009 12:59 PM by Adkins-Ali Carrie
The CDC is just beginning to understand why so little H1N1 virus is available to Americans in need, reports National Public Radio. First, vaccine manufacturers didn't have the reagents to know how much active ingredient was in production. When they finally 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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