Sheldon Whitehouse

AHCA: Chronic pain a major issue for long-term care

November 13, 2009

The American Health Care Association is supporting a new report that calls on government agencies, Congress and the medical community to address chronic pain as a public health crisis.
 

Agency's crackdown on drug thefts hurts nursing home residents, senators say

October 30, 2009

The Drug Enforcement Agency's efforts to combat narcotics abuse and theft in nursing homes actually negatively affect those residents and hospice care patients who need pain medications, two senators recently argued.
 
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