by Cherie Rowell | Friday, March 8, 2013 | Clinical
Caring for residents with dementia in a long term care setting requires an ongoing awareness of both their needs and identification of strategies that will facilitate the resident’s participation in their daily care. Caregivers must avoid offering too much assistance...
by Cherie Rowell | Friday, February 8, 2013 | Clinical
The Frazier Water Protocol (FWP) allows residents with dysphagia free access to water with little to no incidence of aspiration pneumonia. It was developed by Kathy Panther, MS, CCC-SLP, inpatient rehabilitation director at the Frazier Rehab Institute in Louisville,...
by Cherie Rowell | Friday, January 11, 2013 | Clinical
In a time of change……………maintaining our ability as therapy providers to ensure adequate patient care can be a challenge. As Physical, Occupational and Speech Language Pathologists our focus is on restoring function and improving...
by Cherie Rowell | Friday, December 14, 2012 | Clinical
Restorative Nursing programs are vital to long term care. These traditional nursing home programs, if not well managed and organized may leave long term care residents with an overall poorer quality of life lower and declines in function that impact quality assurance...
by Cherie Rowell | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 | Clinical
Functional maintenance Programs (FMP’s) are clinical programs that can be designed to augment or maintain a residents functional status and wellbeing. It includes therapy services that seek to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong and enhance quality of life...
by Cherie Rowell | Friday, October 19, 2012 | Clinical
Currently, more than two million Americans have heart failure and about 700 thousand new cases are diagnosed each year. The five year survival rate is approximately 50%, but varies depending on the cause of heart failure and the ability of people to manage their...
