When you're trying to arrange in-home care for yourself or a loved one, one of the first challenges is understanding the difference between a home health aide and a skilled nurse.

After an unexpected fall led to spinal cord injury, maybe your 65-year-old father hoped he'd be back to his routine in no time. His doctor, however, says it's not safe for him to discharge home.

For long-term care and skilled nursing facility operators, wound care plays a significant role in everything from staff efficiencies to outcomes to reimbursement. It’s also an important factor in the ...

A new health clinic opening in Idaho Falls allows patients more flexibility for wound care. Elevated Healing Services opened ...

Because non-pressure wounds are typically less understood across all levels of long-term care, they often receive less concern and fewer inquiries from families, according to Japa Volchok, DO, VP of ...

LONG BEACH >> Imelda Anton was in pain. Nearly a year ago, the 90-year-old retired Carmelite nun from Long Beach developed a Stage 4 pressure ulcer wound, or bed sore, at her sacrum bone in her lower ...

But fewer still of those skilled nursing facilities have any concentrated wound care programs. “The fact (Snohomish Rehab) can take Medicaid patients opens a lot of doors for us,” Rebekah Dodson, an ...

Alliance Mobile Medical Services Launches in San Antonio and DFW -- Delivering Hospital-Level Wound and Podiatry Care Directly to Patients Where They Live ...