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Oh my goodness....I can't even tell you how many times I've read chart notes and said "HUH????". I recently saw a notation by a nurse that a resident was awake all night talking to "Robert". Now I knew that one of the housekeeping staff members was named Robert so I asked him whether he was in the building on night shift. He said no. I later learned that "Robert" was the name of a deceased brother of the resident. REALLY????

Inventive languages Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC My family tells me that when I was a very little girl, I apparently had a proclivity for creating my own language that

One of the services SharCare provides is monitoring medication orders at a client facility. Today I prevented a resident from receiving TWICE the normal dose of an antipsychotic medication! I alerted the facility after reviewing the prescription refill written by the psychiatrist requesting they inform the MD that the dose prescribed was twice the normal dose the resident has received for many years. He did not receive the double dose today, thank goodness! The prescription refill has been corrected.

SharCare has developed a Pandemic Influenza COVID-19 Preparedness Plan in accordance with the CDC Novel Coronavirus 2019 Nursing Home Preparedness Checklist. It is a generic template that can be revised dependent upon state-specific mandates. Anyone working on LTC that is in need of it can contact me at [email protected] for more information.

How many of you have had the challenge of carring for a person with Lewy Body Dementia? Those of you that have understand the challenges.

Lewy Body Dementia Research Study We don’t want to miss out on life’s most precious moments. The PRESENCE Study is evaluating an investigational treatment to test its effects on some symptoms like memory and thinking in people with dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease or Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). Learn More Chan...