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Lawmakers Push For Legislation That Would Make Binding Arbitration Agreements At Nursing Homes Unenforceable

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Several Senate lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make binding arbitration agreements by nursing homes unenforceable, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. Nursing homes say that arbitration agreements are voluntary and typically offer a quicker, less costly way than court to settle le ...

read more Several Senate lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make binding arbitration agreements by nursing homes unenforceable, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. Nursing homes say that arbitration agreements are voluntary and typically offer a quicker, less costly way than court to settle le read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Recovering The Natural Way After Hospital Discharge

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Whatever your extent of hospitalisation and treatment, it can come as a shock to find how weakened you have become, when you are trying to return to normal home life. Whilst a hospital discharge plan will be designed to ensure you have the right level of home support, there are self- ...

read more Whatever your extent of hospitalisation and treatment, it can come as a shock to find how weakened you have become, when you are trying to return to normal home life. Whilst a hospital discharge plan will be designed to ensure you have the right level of home support, there are self- read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Home Care Nurses Drive More Miles For Their Job Each Week Than The Average UPS Driver, USA

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
A study released today by the Washington D.C.-based National Association for Home Care and Hospice shows that the nurses, therapists, home care aides and others who serve elderly and disabled patients in their homes drive, on average, more miles annually than many driving professionals including UPS ...

read more A study released today by the Washington D.C.-based National Association for Home Care and Hospice shows that the nurses, therapists, home care aides and others who serve elderly and disabled patients in their homes drive, on average, more miles annually than many driving professionals including UPS read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Retired Couples Need $85,000 To Cover Annual Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums, Study Finds

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
A 65-year-old couple needs $85,000 on average to cover annual premiums for long-term care insurance through retirement, according to a study released Thursday by Fidelity Investments, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. For the study, Fidelity surveyed insurers offering long-term care policie ...

read more A 65-year-old couple needs $85,000 on average to cover annual premiums for long-term care insurance through retirement, according to a study released Thursday by Fidelity Investments, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. For the study, Fidelity surveyed insurers offering long-term care policie read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Stepfamilies Make Caring More Complex In Late-Life Remarriage

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
"I felt so insulted and so hurt. It was like [their father] had met some gal at a bar and married her the next day, and she wanted all his money. I felt they didn't give me any credit, or any respect, appreciation or anything. It still hurts. ...

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Nursing Home Alternative Challenges Traditional System

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Bill Thomas, a former nursing home physician, have been working to overhaul the nation's nursing home system by promoting "smaller, home-like facilities," the Wall Street Journal reports. RWJF has invested $15 million over five years to encourage the construc ...

read more The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Bill Thomas, a former nursing home physician, have been working to overhaul the nation's nursing home system by promoting read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

The Future Of Adult Learning Disability Care Provision, UK

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
A new report from Care Management Matters, due for publication late June 2008, will present an overview and analysis of the future of learning disability care for adults in the UK. With the drive towards Supported Living as an alternative to traditional residential care, the sector is experienci ...

read more A new report from Care Management Matters, due for publication late June 2008, will present an overview and analysis of the future of learning disability care for adults in the UK. With the drive towards Supported Living as an alternative to traditional residential care, the sector is experienci read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

CMS To Rate Nursing Home Quality New Five-Star System To Be Added To Nursing Home Compare Site

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will soon launch a ground-breaking ranking system of America's nursing homes, giving each a "star" rating. CMS is requesting comments on the system designed to provide patients and their families an easy to understand assessment of nursing h ...

read more The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will soon launch a ground-breaking ranking system of America's nursing homes, giving each a read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Most New York State Hospitals, Nursing Homes Reach Deadline For Downsizing, Merging, Closure

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
All but 18 of the 81 affected hospitals and nursing homes in New York state have met the June 30 deadline to close, merge or downsize in accordance with the recommendations made in 2006 by the ...

read more All but 18 of the 81 affected hospitals and nursing homes in New York state have met the June 30 deadline to close, merge or downsize in accordance with the recommendations made in 2006 by the read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Increased Gas Prices Prompt Many Home Health Agencies To Reduce Services For Elderly Clients

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Many agencies that provide home health and other services to elderly clients have begun to reduce their services as a result of increased gasoline prices, with the problem most prevalent among agencies in rural areas, the New York Times reports. According to a survey recently released by the ...

read more Many agencies that provide home health and other services to elderly clients have begun to reduce their services as a result of increased gasoline prices, with the problem most prevalent among agencies in rural areas, the New York Times reports. According to a survey recently released by the read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

AARP Solutions Forum Convenes Panel To Examine Medicaid Funding Of Long-Term Care

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
AARP will release a new report and convene a panel of experts to discuss Medicaid funding for long-term care (LTC) for older adults and adults with physical disabilities. The report analyzes the progress states are making shifting public funds and the people who rely on them from nursing h ...

read more AARP will release a new report and convene a panel of experts to discuss Medicaid funding for long-term care (LTC) for older adults and adults with physical disabilities. The report analyzes the progress states are making shifting public funds and the people who rely on them from nursing h read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

CMS Rule Requires Hospice Providers To Track, Improve Quality Of Care Delivered

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
CMS has issued a new rule requiring hospice providers participating in Medicare to implement a quality assessment and improvement system, the Washington Post reports. ...

read more CMS has issued a new rule requiring hospice providers participating in Medicare to implement a quality assessment and improvement system, the Washington Post reports. read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

The Cost Of Raising A Child With Special Needs: Where Does Your State Rank?

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Therapies, rehabilitation and specialty medical care are just a few of the extra costs that parents face when raising children with special needs. In a new study that will be published in current issue of Pediatrics, Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St. L ...

read more Therapies, rehabilitation and specialty medical care are just a few of the extra costs that parents face when raising children with special needs. In a new study that will be published in current issue of Pediatrics, Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St. L read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Minister Maire Hoctor Welcomes Additional Financial Support Of 12 Million Euros For Older People In Nursing Homes

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Maire Hoctor TD, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with responsibility for Older People, welcomed the provision of 12 million euros in additional supports for older people in private nursing homes. The Minister stated that she is very conscious of the effect that the unav ...

read more Maire Hoctor TD, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with responsibility for Older People, welcomed the provision of 12 million euros in additional supports for older people in private nursing homes. The Minister stated that she is very conscious of the effect that the unav read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

New Book Looks At Long-Term Care And Uncertainties For Elderly Baby Boomers

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The continued decline of the nursing home - once the mainstay care for the frail elderly - and an upsurge in popularity of assisted living will lead to many dramatic changes in long-term care, according to a University of Florida expert and editor of a new book on the subject. ...

read more The continued decline of the nursing home - once the mainstay care for the frail elderly - and an upsurge in popularity of assisted living will lead to many dramatic changes in long-term care, according to a University of Florida expert and editor of a new book on the subject. read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Medicare Bidding Program Creates Major Problems For Physicians, Hospitals, And Beneficiaries Seeking Home Medical Equipment

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The new Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment has created concern and chaos for beneficiaries, physicians, hospital discharge officials, and home medical equipment providers across the country since it was implemented in 10 metropolitan areas on July 1. ...

read more The new Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment has created concern and chaos for beneficiaries, physicians, hospital discharge officials, and home medical equipment providers across the country since it was implemented in 10 metropolitan areas on July 1. read more Tue Jul 2008 Tue Jul 2008

Center For Medicare Advocacy Issues New Report On Nursing Home Decisions

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Nursing home decisions issued by the Department of Health and Human Services' Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) in 2007 highlight serious failures in care that cause residents to suffer unnecessary pain, injury, trauma, and death. "Despite the serious deficiencies reflected by these cases, the federa ...

read more Nursing home decisions issued by the Department of Health and Human Services' Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) in 2007 highlight serious failures in care that cause residents to suffer unnecessary pain, injury, trauma, and death. read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Medicare Bidding Program Is A "Train Wreck", American Association For Homecare Tells Ways And Means Subcommittee

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
In testimony before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) will urge Congress to suspend a controversial, flawed Medicare bidding program for home medicalequipment, calling it "a train wreck. ...

read more In testimony before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) will urge Congress to suspend a controversial, flawed Medicare bidding program for home medicalequipment, calling it read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Moffitt Cancer Center To Hold 'Caring For The Caregiver' Program June 28

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
A free education and support program for family cancer caregivers will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at the Stabile Research Building at Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive. ...

read more A free education and support program for family cancer caregivers will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at the Stabile Research Building at Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive. read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

JCR Releases Tool Kit To Prevent Errors In Handoff Communications

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
When information is missing or incorrect during a patient handoff, the consequences can be tragic. A "handoff" is the process of transferring care for a patient from one caregiver to another. The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal 2E requires organizations to create a stan ...

read more When information is missing or incorrect during a patient handoff, the consequences can be tragic. A read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

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