The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) recently released The Role of Nutrition in Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment: National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel White Paper. This document reviews currently available scientific evidence related to nutrition and hydration for pressure…

Police have arrested two caregivers and charged them with elder abuse after two separate incidents at allegedly unlicensed care homes. Neighbors said dozens of police, fire and rescue units descended upon the four small homes Thursday. “The police pulled in….

Two women are set to stand trial on unrelated charges that they abused elderly patients in their care. One of the caregivers, a 27-year-old nursing home aide is set to go on trial for allegedly abusing a 98-year-old woman in…

Because of a lack of rapid methods for screening overall dietary intakes in older adults, a group of researchers set out to develop and evaluate a scoring system for a diet screening tool to identify nutritional risk in community-dwelling (nursing…

According to a recent study, multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacteria are reported increasingly frequently among samples recovered from elderly patients. The clinical epidemiology of bloodstream infection (BSI) due to MDR gram-negative bacteria among elderly patients is unknown. From 1999 to 2007,…

A new study suggests that caregiver intervention to reduce burnout might benefit from strategies to reduce depression and increase quality of life. Caregivers of patients with dementia often experience chronic and emotional strains, which may lead to emotional exhaustion and…