One of the most common type of preventable injury to residents of nursing homes and other elder care facilities is pressure ulcers which I have blogged on in the past. One of the ways to ensure proper healing once a wound has appeared is to clean the pressure ulcer and to change the dressing frequently. [...]

One of the most common type of preventable injury to residents of nursing homes and other elder care facilities is pressure ulcers which I have blogged on in the past.   One of the ways to ensure proper healing once a wound has appeared is to clean the pressure ulcer and to change the dressing frequently.  [...]

Categories of Minnesota Elder Care Facilities
Nursing Home
 -High Level of Care
 -Low to Medium Level of Resident Autonomy
 -Full supportive and nursing services for non-acute patients
Residential Facilities
-Low to High Level of Care
-Medium to High Level of Resident Autonomy
-Supportive and/or health-related services are provided in a residential setting generally accommodating 4-20 people, not in a larger apartment-style facility nor [...]

There was an excellent article recently published in the Minneapolis Star & Tribune, where there was a review of the Medicare policies related to stays in nursing homes following a trauma. The article explained that:
Each year, about one in five older patients discharged from the hospital is rehospitalized — usually within two weeks — at [...]