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  • Tip of the week: Recognizing parasitic agents in long-term care facilities

    Illnesses are common in healthcare settings. Long-term care facilities are no different.

  • Study: Action can be taken to reduce dementia risk

    New research published on Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests that the risk of developing certain forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, can be limited based on changeable lifestyle factors, according to U.S. News & World Report.

  • Omnicare to pay $98 million to settle kickback charges

    The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that Omnicare Inc., which faced charges involving kickback arrangements with several nursing homes and pharmaceutical companies, will pay $98 million to settle outside of court, according to The Wall Street Journal.

  • Trainer’s tip: Learn to differentiate types of mental illness

    Many different things can cause mental health problems. Sometimes mental disorders are genetic, meaning they run in families. Mental illnesses can be caused by reactions to stressful events, by imbalances in the body’s chemistry, or by a combination of several factors. It is important to remember that mentally ill people usually cannot control the way they think, feel, or behave. Mental illness is not the person’s fault; they cannot help themselves.

  • Abnormal thinking and mental health problems

    Mental health problems are common among the elderly, the chronically ill, and the disabled. Since people with mental illness can demonstrate many different symptoms, we often do not recognize the signs. As a result, many people do not receive the medications or treatments that might help. Caregivers should learn how to recognize mental illness and how to care for the mentally ill.

  • CMS releases final MDS 3.0 item set

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the much anticipated final MDS 3.0 item set on October 29, giving long-term care providers approximately one year to prepare for implementation of this new assessment tool.