The need for oral healthcare treatment for nursing home residents is well-documented. Researchers wanted to see if a preventive and curative program that included visits from a mobile dental team and ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Health officials are rolling out regulations to implement a 2024 law legalizing the use of certified medication aides in long-term care facilities, rules that supporters say will help ...

Skilled nursing facilities in states where there aren’t any training delays should be actively working to transition all of their temporary nurse aides to certified status “as soon as possible,” say ...

Health officials are rolling out regulations to implement a 2024 law legalizing the use of certified medication aides in long-term care facilities, rules that supporters say will help address severe ...

Cincinnati State will begin offering its Nurse Aide Training Program at its downtown Middletown campus starting with the 2013 fall semester. The program, which is also offered at the school’s main ...

RNs reported providing oral care most often with toothbrushes and toothpaste. Foam swabs and mouthwash were reported as used less often, and hydrogen peroxide and normal saline were reported as seldom ...