Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Clinical Developments:
VITAMIN C SHOWN TO PROTECT SKIN FROM CANCER, AGING
Published on Wed May 01, 2002
Researchers now believe Vitamin C long touted for its healing powers can protect the skin against aging, cancer and other ailments. According to a report in the National Skin Cancer Foundations Sun & Skin News, Vitamin C applied topically can reduce tumor formation and erythema (reddened skin). Skin creams rich in Vitamin C may also keep the skin smooth by promoting collagen production.
Other Articles in this issue of
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- Survey Management:
GET A HEAD START ON NATIONAL QUALITY INITIATIVE
Another round of "quality outing" is on the horizon, and it promises to give surveyors [...] - Survey Developments:
RISK ADJUSTMENT COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE UNDER NEW
Will the national rollout of the nursing home quality initiative take into account your facilitys [...] - Survey Strategies:
DIG DEEP TO EXPLAIN QUALITY OUTCOMES
Once the government's national nursing home quality initiative goes live in October, facilities will need [...] - Abuse Detection:
WATCH OUT FOR CONDITIONS THAT MIMIC ABUSE
You know that Mrs. Jones always has bruises on her arms and legs because she [...] - Risk Management:
WHEN THE RESIDENT HAS A BRUISE: HOW TO HEAD OFF AN ABUSE INVESTIGATION
When it comes to a bruise, pictures are not only worth a thousand words: they [...] - Survey Compliance:
GET YOUR POC ON THE FAST TRACK TO COMPLIANCE
The best time to plan your plan of correction is long before your facility has [...] - Risk Management:
KEEP POCS FROM BECOMING AMMUNITION FOR TRIAL LAWYERS
A plan of correction written with a tone of "mea culpa" may please surveyors, but [...] - Resident Assessment:
CMS REDUCING MEDICARE ASSESSMENT BURDEN
Nursing home providers will soon have the option to spend less time doing Medicare MDS [...] - Survey Reporting:
COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS ADDED TO WEB SITE
Following criticism from key lawmakers about the content of the Nursing Home Compare site, the [...] - Clinical Developments:
VITAMIN C SHOWN TO PROTECT SKIN FROM CANCER, AGING
Researchers now believe Vitamin C long touted for its healing powers can protect the skin [...] - Clinical Developments:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE LINKED TO HIGHER DEMENTIA RISK
A new study shows a definite link between cardiovascular disease and dementia, including Alzheimers disease. [...] - Pain Management:
GUIDELINES ON PAIN AND AGING INTRODUCED
An American Geriatrics Society panel presented new guidelines for treating pain in aging patients this [...] - Clinical Developments:
CLINICAL TRIALS TO START ON PLAQUE BUSTER DRUG
A new drug targeting the "sticky" brain deposits or plaques seen in the brains of [...] - Survey Management
QUALITY MEASURES USED IN PILOT QUALITY INITIATIVE Chronic Care Quality Measures (Residents in facility more [...] - Public Relations
TIPS FOR EXPLAINING QUALITY INITIATIVE TO CONSUMERS 1. Encourage consumers to view the published meaures [...]
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