UCLA Health announced last week that four Los Angeles County skilled nursing facilities have won the Aidin Grant for Quality Improvement.
Baker selected by Joint Commission
Mar 04, 2015
David W. Baker, M.D., FACP, MPH is the new executive vice president in the Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation in the Joint Commission.
Doctors flunk test on skilled nursing facilities, raising concerns about care transitions, UCLA researchers...
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 09, 2014
Early career physicians have extremely poor knowledge of skilled nursing facilities, showing that more robust training is needed to ensure that physicians can oversee effective transitions into SNFs, according...
Therapeutic program reverses Alzheimer’s memory loss, UCLA researcher says
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 02, 2014
An intensive therapy regimen involving medication, diet and behavioral changes successfully reversed Alzheimer’s-related memory loss in a first-of-its-kind trial, according to findings out of the...
Also in the news for Sept. 26, 2014 …
Sep 26, 2014
New tool for managing dementia-related behaviors … UCLA paper emphasizes need to educate family members on risks of ‘turning’ fractures in nursing home residents … 80% of healthy...
Bed taxes and other troubling compromises
By
John O'Connor
Aug 04, 2014
As my colleague Tim Mullaney reported last week, the Government Accountability Office has been taking a closer look at Medicaid bed taxes lately. And the investigative arm of Congress doesn’t seem...
Researchers pave way for new wound treatment
Feb 27, 2013
A recent breakthrough could lead to more effective treatments for tenacious wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers, according to a report in the journal Nature Chemistry.
Gay, lesbian and bisexual seniors are more likely to suffer from chronic disease, emotional problems...
Mar 31, 2011
Aging gay and lesbian senior citizens are more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions and live alone, a California policy brief reported.
Providers urged to coordinate better care in vulnerable year after stroke hits
Dec 20, 2010
Within a year of suffering an acute ischemic stroke, two-thirds of Medicare patients discharged from the hospital either died or were rehospitalized. This is according to a UCLA-led study, published in...