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Wed Apr 2008
Tennessee Gov. Bredesen Proposes Home-Based Care Plan
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareA plan proposed by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) aims to reduce state health care spending by allowing elderly residents to receive care in their own homes rather than moving to a nursing home, the AP/Knoxville News-Sentinel reports. ...
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Mon Mar 2008
High Numbers Of Children With Special Needs Have Health Insurance, Regular Caregivers, HRSA Survey Finds
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareChildren with special health care needs have higher than average access to health insurance and almost all have regular sources of health care when they are ill, a new survey from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) indicates.The latest edition of the National Survey of Children ...
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Wed Mar 2008
Latest Release Of Web-Based Quality Assurance System Assists Nursing Homes In Improving Resident Care And Quality Of Life
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareNursing Home Quality, the national leader in Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) based quality assurance solutions for long-term care providers, announced the release of the latest version of abaqisTM, a web-based quality assurance system designed for use by nursing home providers to identify quality con ...
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Wed Mar 2008
Long-Term Care Organizations Select Kronos(R) To Attract And Retain Best Quality Caregivers
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareLong-term healthcare providers are increasingly challenged to find the best caregivers to serve a growing population of residents. With the talent shortage at an all-time high, long-term care organizations are differentiating themselves by using selection and hiring solutions from Kronos® Incorporat ...
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Wed Mar 2008
Respite Weekend For Family Carers, Ireland
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareThe recent Caring for Carers Ireland 17th National Weekend & Conference at the Clare Inn Hotel, Dromoland was attended by over 600 Carers from all over the countryProf. Brendan Drumm who opened the Conference, said "I am humbled to be in the presence of these dedicated people who represent 161,000 F ...
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Wed Mar 2008
Booklet Aims To Educate Blacks About End-of-Life Care; UCLA Launches Network To Study Disparities
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareHospice booklet: Author and social worker Gloria Thomas Anderson has written a booklet aiming to provide blacks with information about end-of-life care. The booklet, titled "What Ya'll Gon' Do With Me?: The African-American Spiritual and Ethical Guide to End of Life Care," is available at no cost th ...
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Tue Mar 2008
HME Provider Meets With Congressman In Washington (Iowa) During Recess
Categorie : Caregivers / Homecarebr>During the congressional recess, a number of homecare providers have met with their members of Congress to discuss homecare issues. For instance, on Monday, AAHomecare member Pat Smith, president of Community Medical Supply, met with Congressman Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) during the Congressman's vis ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Regulatory Committee Scrutinizes Supplier And Quality Standards, Other Issues, USA
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareOn Tuesday, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) Regulatory Committee met in Arlington, Va. to continue discussions on a lengthy agenda of HME issues including competitive bidding implementation, concerns with the upcoming caps on home oxygen rentals enacted in the Deficit Reduction Ac ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Economic Study Finds DME Competitive Bidding Program Will Reduce Competition, USA
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareA new economic study finds that the competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment (DME) being rolled out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would lead to reduced competition, lower quality of care, and higher costs. Two Robert Morris University professors, Brian O'Ro ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Level I Trauma Centers Have Varying Patient Survival Rates
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareLevelI trauma centers may have very different results when treatingpatients, even when they have similar injuries. This was analyzed in areport on February 18, 2008 in the Archives of Surgery, one of theJAMA/Archives journals. Traumacenters have been established in most states, thanks to years ofded ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Patients' Relatives Are Ignored By The Spanish Health System, Suffer Emotional Stress
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareThere are people who have traditionally been forgotten in the field of health. However, they are vitally important for patients' well-being: they are the family caregivers in hospitals. A study carried out at the Department of Social Anthropology of the University of Granada and led by lecturer Rafa ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Home-Based Care Could Significantly Reduce Mortality Among HIV-Positive Adults, Families In Developing Countries, Study Says
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareThe implementation of home-based care could significantly reduce mortality among adults living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries, as well as children within their families, according to a study published in the Feb. 28 issue of the journal Lancet, BBC News reports (BBC News, 2/29).For the study, ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Minister Hoctor Launches SPARC Book On "Home Care For Ageing Populations", Ireland
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareMáire Hoctor, T.D, Minister for Older People, launched a new book by The Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre (SPARC) In Trinity College Dublin. The title of this publication is "Home Care for Ageing Populations: A Comparative Analysis of Home Care Services in Denmark, the United States and Ger ...
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Fri Feb 2008
CMS Releases Complete List Of Nursing Homes That Fail To Meet Quality Standards
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareCMS on Tuesday released the complete list of U.S. nursing homes that failed to meet safety and quality standards for care, identifying 131 as deficient, CQ HealthBeat reports. The original ...
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Fri Feb 2008
Exemplary Cancer Caregivers Recognized For "Warm Hand Of Service" By American Cancer Society
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareEight outstanding cancer care providers from a variety of backgrounds and regions have been chosen to receive the 2008 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award, a prestigious national prize for cancer caring. The Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award recognizes individuals who have ...
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Fri Feb 2008
CMS Takes Next Step To Improve Quality In Nation's Nursing Homes, USA
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) built upon historic action it took last November by making public more names of underperforming nursing homes across the country. On November 29, 2007, the agency began publishing the names of Special Focus Facility (SFF) nursing homes t ...
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Fri Feb 2008
Proposed Legislation Takes Aim At Soaring Nursing Home Liability Costs In Tennessee
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareTennessee's limitless nursing home lawsuits and resulting record verdicts have driven the liability cost per bed here to second highest in the nation, studies show. Now some state legislative leaders have introduced a bill to bring the liability costs more in line with comparable cases like those fo ...
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Tue Feb 2008
Penn Physician Recommends "Mobile Polling" At Senate Hearing
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareThe US Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing yesterday in Washington, DC, on older Americans and the significant barriers they face in exercising their right to vote. Jason Karlawish, MD, associate professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medici ...
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Tue Feb 2008
Leading Assisted Living Association Proclaims Satisfaction Measurement Is The Foundation Of Quality Care
Categorie : Caregivers / HomecareThe National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) announces a groundbreaking strategic partnership with My InnerView to further the development of a national database on resident, family, and employee satisfaction levels. NCAL is committed to promoting quality in the assisted living profession and rec ...
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Tue Feb 2008