Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Thursday, November 8, 2018

Nursing Homes Unprepared for Natural Disasters

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Although natural disasters are uncommon, like fires, blackouts, domestic and workplace violence, terrorism, and disease outbreaks, they are ...
Sunday, November 4, 2018

Study Confirms that Quality of Care Higher in Non-Profit Nursing Homes

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Older adults who reside in for-profit nursing homes are nearly twice as likely to have health problems linked to poor care than those in non...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Trump Administration deploys Medicaid Scorecard

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In June, the Trump administration embarked on a basic change to Medicaid that for the first time evaluates states based on the health of ...
Monday, November 6, 2017

Patients Are Not Given Quality-Of Care Information When Discharged From Hospitals to Nursing Homes

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"Aging in Place" as a discreet estate planning objective requires knowledge, planning, and proper assessment of risks.  One pe...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Half of Most Dangerous Nursing Homes Remain Treacherous for Residents After Homes Are Cleared By Regulators

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), sets the federal standards for nursing homes and determines whether they are in com...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

Health Care Ageism And Senior Profiling

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Those of us who regularly work with and for the elderly are painfully aware of pervasive latent ageism that often adversely impacts decis...
Monday, April 17, 2017

Aging in Place: CMS Reports Success in Reducing Medicare Cost for Long-term Care Residents by Reducing Hospitalizations

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Infringing on the autonomy of Medicare patients to seek quality care is paying off in massive dollar savings for the federal governme...
Friday, April 14, 2017

National Health Care Decisions Day: Conflicting State Laws Interfere with Patient's Health Care Choices

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The results of a new study underscore the importance of advanced directives and health care proxies in routine estate and health care plann...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Antipsychotics and Psychotropic Drugs Increase Fall Risks in Nursing Homes

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McKnight's Long Term Care News reports that psychotropic drugs, including antipsychotics and antidepressants, increase the risk of ...