by GV Team | May 23, 2019 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Alzheimers.net “Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias can cause seniors to withdraw from activities, family and friends. It’s extremely important to maintain those interests and relationships, however, because it reduces the effects of memory...
by GV Team | May 22, 2019 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by Mark Wolfe, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy Dietary Supplements used to refer to vitamins and minerals, but today this industry makes and sells products containing vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fiber, amino acids, herbs, probiotics, or...
by GV Team | May 16, 2019 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Pharmacy Times “The influenza vaccine for the 2019-2020 flu season will look different than it has for the past few seasons. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have...
by GV Team | May 10, 2019 | Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Mental Health America “A diabetes diagnosis can be a life altering event. Whether it be type 1 diabetes where the body does not make any insulin at all or type 2 diabetes when the pancreas makes some insulin but not enough, it can mean changes to your...
by GV Team | May 9, 2019 | Employee News, GrandView News
We’re proud of our employees and here’s why. Have You Met… Customer service is important to our organization because it is the primary source of communication with our clients. Our customer’s happiness is a vital part of our organization because we...
by GV Team | May 2, 2019 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Regulation Changes, Resources, Senior Health
Article by iAdvance Senior Care “Dementia is increasingly prevalent among nursing facility residents, and facility leaders have been under a lot of pressure to specialize care to meet the growing need. Every 66 seconds, someone in the United States develops...
by GV Team | Apr 24, 2019 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Pharmacy Times.com “Jaron Stout, PharmD, owner, consulting pharmacist, Collaborative Pharmacy Consultants, discusses how pharmacists can work alongside physicians and other members of a primary care team, and help to relieve ‘prescribing...
by GV Team | Apr 24, 2019 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by Mark Wolfe, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy Within your long-term-care facility you may have had numerous residents complaining of constant headaches and even dealing with symptoms of depression. These common complaints are usually caused...
by GV Team | Apr 17, 2019 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Uplifting Mobility.com “Hip fractures and seniors can be very serious. When a person has a fractured hip at a young age, they’re likely to recover without much of a concern. But seniors are an entirely different scenario. Common and painful, a broken...
by GV Team | Apr 11, 2019 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Marty Stempniak, McKnights Long-Term Care News “Nearly a quarter of all heart failure patients experiencing shorter stays in skilled nursing facilities are readmitted to hospitals within 30 days, researchers have found. New York University School of...
