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Nationwide Consultation Suggests That Individuals Will Help Pay For A Fairer, Clearer Long-term Care System, UK

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The UK needs a new system to pay for long-term care for older people, which combines a clear-cut entitlement to care and support with a sharing of costs between individuals and the state. This was the conclusion, published recently (The Future of Care Funding: Time for a change1), of a nine-month co ...

read more The UK needs a new system to pay for long-term care for older people, which combines a clear-cut entitlement to care and support with a sharing of costs between individuals and the state. This was the conclusion, published recently (The Future of Care Funding: Time for a change1), of a nine-month co read more Tue Jan 2008 Tue Jan 2008

Vitalise Increases Choice For Disabled People And Carers In 2008-2009, UK

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
National disability charity Vitalise has announced its greatest ever range of quality breaks for disabled people and carers in its new 2008-2009 brochure, launched in January 2008.The new-look brochure, produced in consultation with the charity's service users, features the range of residential brea ...

read more National disability charity Vitalise has announced its greatest ever range of quality breaks for disabled people and carers in its new 2008-2009 brochure, launched in January 2008.The new-look brochure, produced in consultation with the charity's service users, features the range of residential brea read more Tue Jan 2008 Tue Jan 2008

Rubber Gloves: "Born" And Now Banished

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
William Stewart Halsted, The Johns Hopkins Hospital's first surgeon in chief, is widely credited as the first to develop and introduce rubber surgical gloves in the United States. That was in 1894, five years after the institution opened. ...

read more William Stewart Halsted, The Johns Hopkins Hospital's first surgeon in chief, is widely credited as the first to develop and introduce rubber surgical gloves in the United States. That was in 1894, five years after the institution opened. read more Tue Jan 2008 Tue Jan 2008

First Ever National Consultation Will Inform New Carers Strategy, UK

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The most far-reaching consultation ever on how to improve the future of the nation's six million carers drew to a close with an event attended by over sixty cares, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Health Secretary Alan Johnson and Health Minister Ivan Lewis. The consultation, to engage carers ...

read more The most far-reaching consultation ever on how to improve the future of the nation's six million carers drew to a close with an event attended by over sixty cares, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Health Secretary Alan Johnson and Health Minister Ivan Lewis. The consultation, to engage carers read more Tue Jan 2008 Tue Jan 2008

Adult Day Care Increasing In Importance In Elder Care Marketplace, WSJ Writes

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday examined how adult day care, an "industry that began in church basements with bingo and bag lunches, is becoming an increasingly important player in the burgeoning business of elder care. ...

read more The Wall Street Journal on Thursday examined how adult day care, an read more Tue Jan 2008 Tue Jan 2008

Pennsylvania Implements Changes To Shift To Home-, Community-Based Care

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Pennsylvania is taking steps to implement a "state strategy to shift more individuals into home and community care," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. According to the Post-Gazette, the administration of Gov. ...

read more Pennsylvania is taking steps to implement a read more Tue Jan 2008 Tue Jan 2008

Greater Disability Follows Congestive Heart Failure, Increased Nursing Home Admissions

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Medical breakthroughs in recent decades have allowed heart attack survivors and other heart-disease patients to live longer. But as their hearts decline into congestive heart failure, an increasing number will experience disability and the need for nursing-home care. ...

read more Medical breakthroughs in recent decades have allowed heart attack survivors and other heart-disease patients to live longer. But as their hearts decline into congestive heart failure, an increasing number will experience disability and the need for nursing-home care. read more Tue Jan 2008 Tue Jan 2008

Self Funding A Care Home Place Could Mean Selling A Family Home To Subsidise Other Residents Of That Home, UK

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Recent research has shown that nearly one in five people have to sell their family home to fund a place in a care home. The study also shows that, until crisis of need arises, people have little awareness of care home charges being far in excess of £30,000 a year. ...

read more Recent research has shown that nearly one in five people have to sell their family home to fund a place in a care home. The study also shows that, until crisis of need arises, people have little awareness of care home charges being far in excess of £30,000 a year. read more Tue Jan 2008 Tue Jan 2008

Golden Living Joins The American Association For Long Term Care Nursing

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Golden Living announced that it will provide membership in the American Association for Long Term Care Nursing (AALTCN) to all of its 331 skilled nursing facilities. Benefits of membership will be extended to the entire nursing department at each of the company's LivingCenters. [click link for full ...

read more Golden Living announced that it will provide membership in the American Association for Long Term Care Nursing (AALTCN) to all of its 331 skilled nursing facilities. Benefits of membership will be extended to the entire nursing department at each of the company's LivingCenters. [click link for full read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

Letter To Editor Addresses New York Times Article About Medicare Home Oxygen Therapy

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The New York Times, in a Nov. 30 article about Medicare home oxygen therapy, "misses the most salient points in the debate" over the treatment, Peter Kelly, Chair of the Council for Quality Respiratory Care, writes in a [click link for full article] ...

read more The New York Times, in a Nov. 30 article about Medicare home oxygen therapy, read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

New Resources, Briefing Examine Nursing Home Reform

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
New Resources, Kaiser Family Foundation: The Kaiser Family Foundation has released resources that examine the results of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, which was intended to improve the quality of nursing home care. [click link for full article] ...

read more New Resources, Kaiser Family Foundation: The Kaiser Family Foundation has released resources that examine the results of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, which was intended to improve the quality of nursing home care. [click link for full article] read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) Funds Caregiver Research And Education

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Caring for a person living with a brain tumor can be frustrating and overwhelming, often because of a lack of direction, information and support. "Caregivers are often the forgotten piece of the brain tumor patient's care and recovery process," said ABTA Executive Director Naomi Berkowitz. [click l ...

read more Caring for a person living with a brain tumor can be frustrating and overwhelming, often because of a lack of direction, information and support. read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

Statement From Larry Minnix, President & CEO, AAHSA On The Alliance For Healthcare Reform Hearing "Nursing Home Reforms: Twenty Years After OBRA '87"

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The twentieth anniversary of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987's (OBRA) passage is an appropriate time to assess the progress made to ensure that America's oldest and most vulnerable citizens receive the highest quality nursing home care. [click link for full article] ...

read more The twentieth anniversary of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987's (OBRA) passage is an appropriate time to assess the progress made to ensure that America's oldest and most vulnerable citizens receive the highest quality nursing home care. [click link for full article] read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

New UIC Center To Study End-of-life Transition

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a federal grant to create a center to study people as they transition to the end of life.The UIC Center for End-of-Life Transition Research will advance the science of care for people of all ages facing death -- infants, children, ...

read more The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a federal grant to create a center to study people as they transition to the end of life.The UIC Center for End-of-Life Transition Research will advance the science of care for people of all ages facing death -- infants, children, read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

Foster Care Better For Cognitive Development Than Institutional Care

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
A new US study found that abandoned and orphaned young children in Romania raised in foster care showed better cognitive development than those raised in institutions and orphanages. The randomized controlled trial is published today, 20th December, in the journal Science and is the work of Dr Char ...

read more A new US study found that abandoned and orphaned young children in Romania raised in foster care showed better cognitive development than those raised in institutions and orphanages. The randomized controlled trial is published today, 20th December, in the journal Science and is the work of Dr Char read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

Serious Nursing Home Citations Increased By 22% Over Six Years, According To Analysis

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
The number of nursing homes nationwide that were cited for placing residents in "immediate jeopardy" increased by 22% from 2000 to 2006, according to a USA Today analysis of CMS records. [click link for full article] ...

read more The number of nursing homes nationwide that were cited for placing residents in read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

UNISON Hails Work Permit Changes As Victory For Common-Sense, UK

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Many much-needed, highly-skilled migrant workers, facing deportation over new work permit rules, breathed a sigh of relief today as UNISON learned that there is to be a big step forward in its campaign to get the changes reversed. The Government has confirmed that further changes to transitional mea ...

read more Many much-needed, highly-skilled migrant workers, facing deportation over new work permit rules, breathed a sigh of relief today as UNISON learned that there is to be a big step forward in its campaign to get the changes reversed. The Government has confirmed that further changes to transitional mea read more Mon Dec 2007 Mon Dec 2007

Grassley Seeks Probe On Antipsychotic Use In Nursing Homes

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in a letter on Tuesday asked HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson to examine the use of antipsychotics in nursing homes, the possibility of payments to physicians who prescribe the medications and the drugs' cost to Medicare and Medicaid, the Wall Street Journal reports ...

read more Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in a letter on Tuesday asked HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson to examine the use of antipsychotics in nursing homes, the possibility of payments to physicians who prescribe the medications and the drugs' cost to Medicare and Medicaid, the Wall Street Journal reports read more Sun Dec 2007 Sun Dec 2007

Caregivers Benefit From Cancer Support Programs

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
As cancer care begins to address the emotional needs of patients, a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that it's important to address the caregiver's emotional needs as well. Researchers found that a targeted intervention aimed at prostate canc ...

read more As cancer care begins to address the emotional needs of patients, a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that it's important to address the caregiver's emotional needs as well. Researchers found that a targeted intervention aimed at prostate canc read more Sun Dec 2007 Sun Dec 2007

Six Creative Holiday Ideas For Your Senior Family Member

Categorie : Caregivers / Homecare
Holiday activities for senior family members needn't be elaborate, expensive affairs. In fact, it's far better to just keep it simple, advises LivHOME, Inc., the nation's largest professionally led provider of at-home care for seniors. "Fight the urge to make elaborate plans involving your senior fa ...

read more Holiday activities for senior family members needn't be elaborate, expensive affairs. In fact, it's far better to just keep it simple, advises LivHOME, Inc., the nation's largest professionally led provider of at-home care for seniors. read more Sun Dec 2007 Sun Dec 2007

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