Did you know eating ice cream can improve your health? You read that correctly. One nursing home is using the deliciously cool treat to improve health care measures and social interaction. […]
Health care best practices and protocols change over the years as new research and care techniques emerge. One noticeable change is taking place in nursing homes to improve an individual’s care and quality of life. For many years, the medical community believed it was best to place alarms on the chairs and beds used by [...]
Much of southern life centers on our love for food. We eat at parties and holidays, have special dinners and menus for each season and enjoy each other’s company at meals. By moving food to the center of resident activities, Fair Haven Retirement Center is improving two important aspects of nursing home care. This is [...]
Every winning football team knows you take the field with your plays already in mind, but it’s in the huddles that game changing plays are developed to accommodate the changes on the field. Huddles are brief, concise and can happen at any moment. Health care isn’t a game, but minutes tick off the clock just [...]
This is the first of eight articles highlighting nursing homes that will present at Alabama’s Best Practices on August 28. These eight skilled nursing centers were selected from the 24 submissions to present their best practice on stage before hundreds of nursing home employees from across Alabama. Athens Rehab Center & Senior Care will present [...]
Sixteen Alabama nursing homes will be honored for developing innovative approaches to long term care. The honor will take place at Alabama’s Best Practices on August 28, 2014, in Birmingham. The skilled nursing care centers will be individually recognized by their peers for developing a unique program or service that improves nursing home resident quality of [...]
Several years ago, a southwest Alabama nursing home made a commitment to improve resident care and the building’s function and appearance. Investments in new technology and training caregivers to focus on quality are paying big dividends. […]
Nursing homes from across Alabama will demonstrate unique approaches to health care at the 2014 Alabama’s Best Practices Program. From more than 20 entries, a panel of health care experts selected eight facilities to present their best practices. The facilities selected to present at Alabama’s Best Practices Program are: [...]
Twenty-four nursing homes from across Alabama have been nominated for the 2014 Alabama’s Best Practices Program. The nominated nursing homes have developed innovative ways to improve the quality of care or quality of life for nursing home residents. Each nomination will be evaluated by a panel of health care professionals [...]
Select Alabama nursing homes that are participating in a major initiative to improve health outcomes met Tuesday in Montgomery. The Alabama Nursing Facility Intervention Executive Leadership Collaborative (NFI Collaborative) seeks to lower the number of avoidable hospital readmissions. Alabama Nursing Home Association Executive Director Bill O’Connor told those attending the event that they have a [...]
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