The Nursing Home Shortage Is Going To Leave Many Of Us Without Care
Dr. Michael Barnett offers different solutions and advice on how to prepare for when it affects you.
“They’re Actively Trying To Die”: Inside The Mind Of A Trauma Surgeon
Dr. Stephen Cohn takes us through a day-in-the-life, giving us an inside look at the hectic lives of emergency medicine physicians.
Medical Notes: Red Meat Allergies, Misdiagnosing Antibiotics, and an Illness That’s Disguised As Picky Eating
Red Meat Allergies, Misdiagnosing Antibiotics, And An Illness That’s Disguised As Picky Eating
Memory Care Farm Animals: Helpful Menageries
Some nursing homes with a large number of patients with dementia have found that farm animals on-site and even in rooms can be helpful in raising spirits and reducing the need for medications. A therapist and program director at one such nursing home discusses how llamas, chickens, goats and mini horses have found a home, to the benefit of residents.
Nursing Homes Try to Fend Off Covid-19
Nursing homes have been a hotbed of fatal Covid-19 infections. The virus was loose in many of them before they could even know it. An industry expert discusses what nursing homes are doing now to keep the virus out and their patients safe.
