PA facility tries crowd-funding to replace TVs
A Pennsylvania nursing home recently tapped the growing crowd-funding craze to raise money to help its residents upgrade their dated televisions.
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Report slams nursing home sex abuse probes
A television station’s investigative team asserted Monday that nursing home sexual abuse incidents in Texas are not thoroughly investigated, and that state officials may not be doing enough to protect victims.
9 things NOT to expect in a nursing home
Family members need to know what to expect when their loved one enters a nursing home: Falls may happen, medications may change, and a private room may not be an option.
Resident on resident mistreatment is an urgent problem, researchers say
About 20% of nursing home residents experience mistreatment from a fellow resident in a given month, according to findings announced Thursday by Weill Cornell Medical College and Cornell University.
Republicans gain Senate control; McConnell puts ACA provisions in crosshairs
Congress will try to dismantle some parts of the Affordable Care Act now that the Republican Party has the majority of seats in both chambers, prospective Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Wednesday.
Ask the legal expert … how to avoid deadbeat families
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Expanded surveys will focus on staffing, MDS coding
Special surveys to determine Minimum Data Set coding accuracy and nursing home staffing levels will occur nationwide in 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in an Oct. 31 memorandum. A five-state pilot of the focused surveys concluded in August, and there were deficiencies reported on 24 out of 25, according to CMS.
Also in the news for Nov. 4, 2014 . . .
Health center owner fined $43 million in nursing home patient recruiting scam … CMS defines “one-on-one” provider training … Men shorter than five-foot-five are 50% more likely to die from dementia … UK docs to begin telling patients their ‘brain age’
Also in the news for Nov. 3, 2014 . . .
$37 million settlement makes Dignity the latest large hospital system to pay out for observation stay charges … Vibrating insoles could reduce falls among seniors … Audit shows 11,000 unresolved nursing home complaints in CA
Proposed managed care rule could accelerate shift away from nursing home care, official suggests
Proposed regulations slated for early 2015 likely will affect how Medicaid managed care balances home- versus facility-based long-term care, news sources reported Wednesday.
