Kendal Outreach Publishes A Practical Guide to Pressure Ulcer Prevention
APRIL 15, 2010 -- Pressure ulcers afflict 5-12 percent of nursing home residents nationwide. Now a new guide book and companion CD tackle that problem head on. A Practical Guide to Pressure Ulcer Prevention, published by Kendal Outreach, LLC, gives long-term care nurses and nursing assistants hands-on techniques and tools for preventing pressure ulcers. Also known as bedsores, pressure ulcers are wounds caused by many factors—including unrelieved pressure, nutritional factors, moisture, and friction and shearing forces—especially over bony areas such as the hips, tailbone and heels. READ MORE.   Order this guide online.

Kendal Outreach Launches Video "Missing Voices® "

June 2008

Nearly 1.5 million older people are living in nursing home settings across the country whose lives and those of their families and friends can not help but be affected by the actions of the professionals charged with their care. “Missing Voices®” is a thirty-minute film, with teaching guide, offering a compelling and candid look, from the family members’ point of view, at their experiences with and perceptions of the way that care is provided. Produced by Kendal Outreach, LLC, the film’s purpose is to serve as a teaching tool primarily for use by health care organizations – including nursing homes, assisted living and home care programs. Read more about Missing Voices.

Kendal Outreach Is Now an Approved Provider of Continuing Nursing Education

March 2008

Kendal Outreach, LLC is pleased to announce that we are now an Approved Provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. As such, all educational sessions (teleconferences, seminars, etc.) provided by Kendal Outreach will afford CEUs to all registered nurses who apply for the programs they attend. CEU credit will be assigned according to the length of each presentation.  Visit the Kendal Outreach Program Calendar to see what programs are currently scheduled. For further information, please contact Mary Scharf at mscharf@kendaloutreach.org or by phone at (610) 335-1280.