Nursing home residents should take fewer blood pressure medications, study finds
Clinicians may want to recommend that some residents reduce or stop the use of blood pressure medications, the authors of a new study suggest.
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Doctor accused of vastly overprescribing antipsychotic to nursing home residents loses license
A Chicago psychiatrist has been stripped of his medical license over charges that he received kickbacks and overprescribed antipsychotic drug clozapine to nursing home residents.
Brain gym offers mental exercise
Nursing home residents and surrounding community members can break a mental sweat at The Village’s new brain gym offered by the University of Florida’s Health Vitality Mind research program.
Broker admits using nursing home residents as pawns in annuities scheme, agrees to $850,000 settlement
The mastermind of a financial fraud that victimized nursing home residents has admitted wrongdoing and will pay $850,000 in a settlement, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday.
Nursing homes trail hospitals in quality improvement, AHRQ report shows
About 60% of nursing home quality measures have been showing significant year-to-year improvement, but hospitals have been improving more quickly, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Woman gets 27-year prison sentence for stealing nursing home residents’ identities
A Georgia woman is facing 27 years behind bars for using the identities of nursing home residents to obtain fraudulent income tax refunds, the U.S. District Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced Thursday.
Dementia care cited as ‘main’ LTC concern
Dementia care will be increasingly at the forefront for long-term care providers, according to a new report from Alzheimer’s Disease International.
SNF discharges tied to income
The rate at which nursing home residents are hospitalized is linked to how well a state provides healthcare for low-income people, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. Minnesota was the top performer for its low percent of hospitalizations within a 30-day period, at 7%.
Emergency rooms see too many elderly nursing home residents, researchers say
A disproportionately high number of nursing home residents are being admitted to hospital emergency departments, and many of these admissions are potentially avoidable, according to recently published research.
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