The Joint Commission today announced the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for accredited long term care organizations. The National Patient Safety Goals promote specific improvements in patient safety by providing health care organizations with proven solutions to persistent patient safety problems. These Goals apply to the more than 15,000 Joint Commission-accredited and
Family of man who disappeared sues Gooding nursing home. The family of a man who allegedly wandered away from the Idaho nursing home five years ago has sued thecorporation that operates the facility. In the lawsuit filed on behalf of Magic Valley Manor resident John Henry Davis allege the home and Northwest Bec-Corp didn’t supervise
There is a new product called QuietCare which is a home monitoring system that tracks a resident’s health, and alerts designated neighbors by e-mail or phone when something is wrong. The QuietCare monitoring system can keep up with meals and medications, and to alert others if he has had a fall or other emergency. In an industry