Successful 2020 Activities

Covid-19 came to the United States in mid-February. Most states went into some form of lockdown around mid-March. Reports of the new, unknown virus were saying that seniors were among the most at risk. The concern for facilities was three-fold. Residents and patients...

The Importance of Sleep for Seniors

Sleep is an integral part of life. You can’t live without sleep. Sleep becomes even more vital if your body is in recovery from an injury or surgery. Most, if not all, residents of short term and long term care facilities are recovering from something. Be it a cold,...

NURSING HOME DIALYSIS: Rapidly Growing and Complicated

This article is published on Kidney News Online. View the article in full here: https://www.kidneynews.org/kidney-news/features/nursing-home-dialysis-rapidly-growing-and-complicated Suresh Samson, MD, FASN, is the Chief Medical Officer for Concerto Renal Services...

CMS releases new rules on dialysis care in nursing homes

This article was written on August 22, 2018 Find the article in full by visiting Healio.com. A long-anticipated set of rules on how dialysis providers can provide treatments to patients living in skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes was released by CMS on Aug....