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Death of spouse ups odds of nursing home care by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

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An older person's likelihood of entering a nursing home or other long-term care facility is particularly high immediately after the death of a spouse, new research indicates."It may be related to the loss of social and ... Read on »

New National Poll Finds Americans Strongly Opposed to Cutting Medicare Payments for Nursing Home... by Health: Hearsay & Headlines ... d overhaul, a new Mellman Group (D) national survey (1000 Registered Voters, 8/21-24, +/- 3%) finds Americans, by significant margins, strongly oppose cutting Medicare-funded nursing home care over other funding options. Underscoring the unpopularity of cutting Medicare-financed nursing home care - now proposed by Congress - the data finds a full 6 ... Read on »

Overseeing Care of a Nursing Home Patient by Dr. Charlotte Thompson Medical Doctor

Those of us who have had family members or close friends in a nursing home can give many accounts of less than adequate care. No matter how carefully you check out a nursing home there are many things that could be greatly improved. One ... Read on »

Today one of the home care nurse... by Emily T. Patient Expert

Today one of the home care nurses from the Brompton came round to pick up bits and pieces of equipment I was still hogging. It was only when I came to get a bag together that I realised I actu ... Read on »

Rating Nursing Homes and Senior Care Services. A Yelp for Elder Care is Needed. by Mark Willaman (SeniorCareMarketer.com) An article from the Washington Post titled Nursing-Home Ratings Earn Mixed Reviews discusses the debate about whether a new website run by the federal government to compare nursing homes is meeting the public's need ... Read on »

Guest post: Health care reform and nursing homes by David W. Patient Expert

... She is the project manager for the Shaping Long-Term Care in America Project, a five-year, $10 million project funded by the National Institute on Aging that aims to improve nursing home care in the US by examining how market factors and state policies affect the quality of care delivered in the country’s 15,000+ nursing homes.Millions of American ... Read on »

Elder Care and Nursing Homes: Welcome Changes In the Wind by Carol B. Few of us spend our lives hoping we will end them as a nursing home resident. Unfortunately, as more of us live to older ages - often with disabilities from strokes, arthritis, dementia and other ailments - there comes a time when ... Read on »

Why are they taking money from Nursing Homes and Home Health Care? by Lisa D. Patient Expert

On August 1st the House of Representatives voted on bill 3162 that takes money from our elderly and gives it to underprivileged, uninsured children. Right motive, wrong strategy. Read a review of the bill.Stuart H. Shapiro and Paul R. Langevin Jr. did a nice review at The Morning Call.com.Here are the role call votes for your Minnesota Representat ... Read on »

Home Care Needs to Move Away from the Nursing Model by Claire Patient Expert

Just last week, the head of our local CCAC and a representative from CSCN met with our MPP to discuss the need to change legislation regarding the strangle hold that nursing has on funding for home care. Right now, the ombudsman of Ontario is in discussion with the ministry of health for the same reason. These things are happening becaus ... Read on »

There is only one nursing home ... by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

... ghdad, a city of 5 million people. The Shamayea Nursing Home, opened in the 1930s, accepts all Iraqis based on what many residents say, it is their home of last resort. The nursing home cares for people without families or whose families have abandoned them. Read on »