SANTA BARBARA , CALIFORNIA , UNITED STATES , July 14, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- “Nursing Homes with higher concentrations of black residents tended to have lower ...

In our study, patients with Medicare or Medicaid were significantly more likely to develop a pressure ulcer than patients with private insurance… Patients with hospital acquired or nursing home ...

Investigating Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals that are not providing effective care for patients with Stage 3 and Stage IV decubitus ulcers Deep Stage 3 or Stage 4 decubitus ulcers lead to recurrent ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The daughter of a 64-year-old nursing home patient who died two years ago from complications of a “severely infected” pressure ulcer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a ...

An Ohio nursing facility found to be out of compliance with Medicare quality-of-care regulations will still have to pay a $2,800 fine, according to a federal appeals court. Sanctuary at Whispering ...

Patients with serious bedsores need to be referred to LTACs who offer plastic surgery options, otherwise they are at significant risk of death and osteomyelitis The standard of care for management of ...

Maryland Appellate Court: Registered Nurses Shouldn't Be Barred From Serving as Proximate Cause Experts "A registered nurse may be qualified to attest that breach of applicable standards of nursing ...

We must examine if a decubitus ulcer was unavoidable and if the patient received the necessary treatment and service. My opinion based on two decades of helping the injured is that these patients have ...

At this time, there isn't enough evidence to conclude that dietary interventions prevent pressure ulcers from forming or aid in their healing. My general guide is that patients with large Stage 3 and ...