Palliative care can reduce emergency room visits, study finds
By
McKnight's Staff
Dec 11, 2012
Palliative care reduces the number of visits seniors in long-term care settings make to emergency rooms, a new study finds.
New studies, CMS rules attempt to lower rehospitalizations for seniors
Jun 14, 2011
The rate of rehospitalization of seniors within 30 days of discharge from a nursing home has surged in the last several years, to an estimated annual cost of more than $17 billion.
