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Breakthrough Technology: Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention Now Portable
Tampa, FL — (SBWIRE) — 01/29/2014 — A remarkable new portable vascular compression system weighs only one pound and offers a 17-hour battery life. Typically, vascular compression devices applied to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are 10- to 15-pound calibrated…
Tags: Deep Vein Thrombosis, DVT, Greg Grambor, Long Term Care Facilities, nursing homes, Triple Play, vascular compression, Vascular PRN
Asian-American Elders Disadvantaged by Cultural & Lingual Barriers
While the growing Hispanic community struggles to deal with their aging parents and their cultural expectations of care, the Asian-American community is struggling with this issue as well in a slightly nuanced way. “Filial Piety” – respect for one’s elders,…
Tags: Asian-American Elders, assisted living facilities, caregivers, elder care, nursing homes
Conditions at Assisted Living Communities and Nursing Homes
Finding a good health care facility to care for yourself or a loved one is a difficult challenge. Many facilities are understaffed and don’t have access to the right tools to effectively manage operations, thus having a negative impact on…
Tags: Assisted Living, health care facilities, nursing homes
Nursing Home Care Keep Getting More Expensive
Always a costly option, nursing homes have reached a new high. Approximately $67,527 five years ago, the average price has risen to $83,950. And in the past year alone the fee jumped 4%, according to Genworth’s 2013 Cost of Care…
Tags: assisted living facilities, Home Care, home health aide, nursing homes
Coordination of Care Offers Opportunities for Providers
Watching the Olympic opening ceremonies, it would be difficult to miss the fact that the UK chose this very public stage to celebrate, of all things, their healthcare system. It is hard to imagine such a thing happening on US…
Tags: Business, health care, Home Care, Hospitals, Long Term Care, LTCAdministrator.com, nursing homes, research
Collaboration is the Key to Success for Long Term Care Facilities
Despite government threats of financial penalties, hospitals have made little headway in improving rates of preventable readmissions, according to recent Medicare data. More than 20% of Medicare patients return to the hospital within a month of discharge and despite policy…
Tags: Business, health care, health care facilities, Hospitals, Long Term Care, LTCAdministrator.com, Medicare, nursing homes
New Therapeutic Surface for Pressure Ulcer Treatment Provides Patient Comfort and Significant Cost Savings for Facilities
Proper product utilization is crucial to lessening pressure ulcers. In the hospital and long-term care setting, it is important for medical professionals to address what is not only clinically efficacious but also reasonably priced. According to McKnight’s Long Term Care…
Tags: Decubitus Ulcers, Long Term Care, Low Air Loss Bed, nursing homes, Pressure Ulcers, Rehab Facilities
PolyGel Portable Device for DVT Therapy Helps Patients Be Compliant After Surgery
Major surgical procedures are events where medical staff must be reminded that certain patients can be at higher risk for deep vein thrombosis and venous thromboembolism. Postphlebitic syndrome and pulmonary embolisms can occur in the hours, days, and weeks after…
Tags: DVT therapy, Hospitals, nursing homes, PolyGel portable device, sequential compression devices, Vascular PRN
New Approaches to Lessen Symptoms After a Blood Clot Discussed By Vascular PRN
Recent news headlines continue to show how people are affected every day by blood clots. The University of Nebraska head women’s basketball coach, leading athletes, and even teens have been the latest people to experience blood clots. Without warning, these…
Tags: compression devices, compression stockings, compression therapy, Greg Grambor, Health care professionals, nursing homes, SCD boots, sequential compression devices, surgery centers, Unna boots, Vascular PRN
New Skin IQ™ Coverlet Helps Nursing Home Administrators Cut Costs
Directors of nursing homes are preparing for big decreases in Medicare reimbursements that begin October 1. Medicare rates will lessen by 11.1 percent, which is making nursing home operators and administrators look for every opportunity to cut costs to make…
Tags: Assisted Living, nursing facility, Nursing Home Administrators, nursing home facility, nursing homes, rehabilitative care, Skilled Nursing, Skin IQ, Vascular PRN
