As a response to the nation’s opioid addiction epidemic, the Joint Commission set revised standards in 2018 that require hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and...

Sleep is necessary to keep us alert, elevate our mood, steer off illness, improve our health, and of course… to make us look well rested and encourage “beauty”. Just as we need water to survive, we...

Many Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) are continually looking for ways to improve person-centered care initiatives, while at the same time focusing to decrease anti-psychotic medications.

The first day of Fall is tagged as Falls Prevention Awareness Day by the National Council of Aging.

One of the most common nightmares people have is falling. According to dreamdictionary.com, this dream of falling usually translates into the fact we are losing control over a situation.

One of the biggest challenges in senior care today is trying to find the balance between quality of life and physical safety for people with dementia/Alzheimer’s while keeping the need for...

Memory loss, impaired reasoning, personality changes, deteriorating motor skills. We think we understand these words that define these symptoms of dementia. We sympathize, but do we really...

With 70% of hospitals ranking patient satisfaction and experience as one of their top 3 priorities for the next three years1, many healthcare providers are turning to complementary health approaches...

My mom has suffered from Alzheimer's/Dementia for 10 years and it's been very difficult on me and the family. For the past five years she has been extremely anxious and angry at times making it very...