July 2011
House Republicans would like to see Medicaid outlays trimmed dramatically. And they are hardly alone.
As the for-profit hospice industry booms, some ethicists are questioning whether their success impacts the quality of end-of-life care.
Experts say positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans, which can detect the beta-amyloid plaques linked to Alzheimer's, could be on the market within the next ...
Health struggles have spurred more Americans to prayer in recent years, a survey tracking prayer rates reveals.
Both Democrats and Republicans have expressed doubts regarding the Affordable Care Act's Independent Payment Advisory Board, a panel created by the law to contain Medicare ...
With the comment period on accountable care organizations now over, stakeholders and some politicians are clear on one issue: The ACO program needs work.
Lawmakers and policy makers have ignored warnings about the sustainability of the CLASS Act, a government actuary said.
The American Health Care Association and LeadingAge will not ask for waivers for mandated employee health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
Congress won't touch Medicare in order to cut deficit spending. But the Medicaid program was looking more vulnerable at press time.
Six skilled nursing facilities are still sorting through the debris and fallout of lives and jobs uprooted from a tornado that nearly leveled the entire ...
Good training, effective use of 'team' caregiving deemed the key cornerstones
Providers must earnestly consider residents' specific medical and physical needs before acquiring furnishings and other design elements or risk the consequences
Michael Pepperman, Partner, Obermayer Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel LLP
When evaluating the cognitive abilities of a newly admitted long-term or post-acute care resident, it is worth asking the resident if he or she has ...
Susan Wickard, RN, BSN, CWCN, CWS, CLNC, Clinical Advisor, American Association for LTC Nursing
University of California at Los Angeles researchers recently showed that hydrogen peroxide plays a central role in wound healing.
Tissue grafts that promote vascular growth could hasten wound healing, encourage healthy skin to invade the wounded area and reduce the need for surgeries, investigators ...
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
In the first large-scale study of its kind, Spanish researchers found that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) lowers the risk of cardiovascular death in elderly ...
After studying a group of U.S. war veterans, researchers found that individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder might have a higher risk of developing coronary artery ...
Patricia Boyer, MSM, NHA, RN, President, Boyer & Associates, LLC
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule that will deny Medicaid payments to providers that deliver services regarding preventable healthcare-acquired ...
Officials say that some much-ballyhooed programs in the 2010 healthcare reform law aimed at nursing homes could go without funding.
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Darlene Nice, MSW, LCSW, Director of Social Services, The Lutheran Care at Moorestown, ( NJ)
Like the fictional Showtime "Nurse Jackie," I do have a bad back, ironically have two brunette daughters, and will get in anyone's face — doctor, ...
Medical indicators might be only half the battle when it comes to executing a successful incontinence care plan. Another major component is attitude and emotional ...
Before Jim Alexander entered the dementia unit at Syverson Lutheran Home in Eau Claire, WI, he was a beloved geography professor at the University of ...
The Linked Senior Player, which can be set up as kiosks, provides nursing home residents with a range of audio and visual materials that they ...
Cell phones have become a highly integrated part of society, including long-term care. But users might face a heightened brain cancer risk, the World Health ...
Attending regular yoga classes helps older male veterans who have had a stroke cope with their increased risk of suffering from a painful or deadly ...
Ventas has once again won a legal victory, with a federal appeals court upholding a $101.6 million damages award in its favor against HCP Inc.
Brookdale Senior Living will acquire Horizon Bay Realty, adding 90 communities with over 16,000 units to its portfolio. The deal is expected to close in ...
Facebook officials have told drug firms that they can no longer obstruct commenting on their pages.
How much of an impact would a two-year moratorium on consumer advertising of new drugs have on drug pricing and public health? Not much, and ...
Creative approaches to memory care and residential design make GreenRidge at Buckner Villas a community to watch
When Congress repealed a budgetary provision known as the Boren Amendment back in 1997, I wrote that providers had lost a significant legal protection. It ...
The Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston ought to be getting a lot more attention from the profession. The center has successfully implemented a program that ...
