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2008 May Is Mental Health Month: Stressed "Sandwich Generation" Mothers Must Care For Themselves published
Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT
Today's mother often juggles full-time employment, household chores and parenting, but a growing number of women are taking on yet another responsibility-caring for an aging loved one. Next week, as Americans observe both Mother's Day and Mental Health Month, Mental Health America encourages mothers to take the Mental Health Connection Challenge by building their social support networks to help cope with the stress of their demanding lives.
Stark And Health Subcommittee Grill CMS Over Bidding System Problems, USA published
Thu, 08 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT
"The system is somewhere between flawed and lousy," said U.S. Representative Pete Stark (D-Calif.) in yesterday's House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on the Medicare competitive bidding program. The hearing was held because of concerns Stark and his colleagues have heard from constituents in the homecare community.
Funding To Prevent Elder Abuse And Help Victims Achieve A Life Without Mistreatment published
Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT
Weill Cornell Medical College has been awarded $80,000 to study the creation of a Manhattan Elder Abuse Case Coordination and Review Center (EACCRC), in collaboration with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale and the New York City Elder Abuse Network.Funded by the Fan Fox & Leslie R.
Medicare Bidding Program For Home Medical Equipment Is A 'Train Wreck' For Patients And Providers, AA Homecare Tells Ways And Means Subcommittee published
Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT
In testimony today before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) urged Congress to suspend a controversial, flawed Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment, calling it "a train wreck.
Accordance Home Care Launches Operations In Huntsville published
Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Seventy-nine percent of older Americans live in homes that they own, and most of them want to keep it that way for as long as possible. That's the reality driving the surge in professional home health care, according to Dee Harrell, founder of Accordance Home Care, which has begun providing services to the Huntsville area's aging population. "The old models for aging just don't work any more - socially, medically or economically.
ResCare Acquires Texas Home Care Services published
Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
ResCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSCR) the nation's leading provider of residential, training, educational and support services for people with disabilities and special needs, announced the acquisition of Select Health Care Services, a home health care agency located in Baytown, Texas, serving 30 counties in the Houston area. Select Health Care offers programs for adult and pediatric patients that include companion care, skilled nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy.
Government Launches Guidance To Assist In Support For Self Care, UK published
Fri, 02 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT
Health Minister Ivan Lewis announced the introduction of seven Common Core Principles to Support Self Care, designed to help health and social care staff support people to live independently, stay healthy and make the most of their lives by managing their conditions.
Costs For Elder Care Increase For Fifth Consecutive Year, Study Finds published
Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 PDT
Costs for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and some in-home care services have increased for a fifth consecutive year and might continue to increase as a result of an expected shortage of long-term health care workers, according to a study released on Tuesday by Genworth Financial, the
Functional Decline Linked To Dual Treatment Of Incontinence And Dementia published
Thu, 01 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT
Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues."It is likely that the oppositional effects of the drugs contributed to the accelerated decline," said Kaycee M. Sink, M.D., M.A.S., lead author.
The Gerontological Society Of America Announces 2008 Hartford Faculty Scholars published
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 PDT
Ten outstanding geriatric social work faculty members have been chosen as the newest inductees into the Hartford Faculty Scholars Program, a venture funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, administered by The Gerontological Society of America, and directed by Dr. Barbara Berkman.
Smoothing TheTransition From Care Of Pediatric Disease To Adult Care published
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:00:00 PDT
Growing pains can mean one thing for a typical adolescent and quite another to an older teen with cerebral palsy attempting independence in an adult world. A unique program, the Indiana University School of Medicine Center for Youth and Adults with Conditions of Childhood (CYACC) is helping these youths spread their wings and live more independently.
Efforts Address Cultural Competency, Cancer, Hospice Care And Health Disparities Among Minority Populations published
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PDT
American Pharmacists Association: APhA this month released "Essentials of Cultural Competence in Pharmacy Practice," its first textbook designed to assist pharmacists and students with cultural competency.
Extendicare Selects Kronos(R) To Attract And Retain Best Caregivers published
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PDT
Finding and hiring the right people to deliver quality care in an industry where the war for talent is fierce and job-hopping is common, is a primary challenge facing all long-term care providers. Increasingly, these organizations are turning to technology to give them an edge. Long-term care provider Extendicare Health Services has done just this, choosing selection and hiring solutions from KronosŪ Incorporated to help attract and retain the best caregivers.
CMS Adds Searchable Database Of Lowest-Quality Nursing Homes Nationwide To Web Site published
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PDT
CMS on Thursday added to the Nursing Home Compare Web site a searchable database with the names of nursing homes that rank in the lowest 5% to 10% in quality based on state inspection results, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Black, Hispanic Caregivers More Likely To Misinterpret Signs Of Alzheimer's, Survey Finds published
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PDT
Hispanic and black caregivers are more likely than other ethnic groups to misinterpret symptoms of Alzheimer's disease as normal signs of aging, according to a recent survey by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, HealthDay/Washington Post reports.
Critical New Information Added To Nursing Home Compare Web Site published
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PDT
Medicaid beneficiaries and families searching for top quality long-term care services can find critical new information added to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Web site "Nursing Home Compare." For the first time, information about nursing homes on the Compare Web site will list whether a home is or has been on CMS' special focus facility (SFF) list.
Suspend Round One, Urges American Association For Homecare Letters To Key Committees In Congress published
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PDT
In letters to key House and Senate committees that oversee Medicare, the American Association for Homecare has urged a delay in Round One of bidding. The letters detail severe problems related to Round One of competitive bidding and specifically issues related to due process, fairness, and patient access to care. One letter was sent yesterday to House Ways and Means Committee Chair Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member Jim McCrery (R-La.
CMS Disqualified 630 Out Of 1,005 Homecare Providers In Round One, USA published
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PDT
It's like turning down college applicants who forget to include their SAT scores in their applications. That's the way senior officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) described the rationale behind excluding many of the 630 bidders that were disqualified from the total of 1,005 unique companies that participated in Round One of the Medicare bidding program.
Confusion Surrounds Medicare Wheelchair Policies; AAHomecare Sponsors Workshop And Webinar To Find Answers published
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PDT
Even though the Medicare National Coverage Determination for Mobility Related Equipment was revamped in 2005, many providers and suppliers continue to be perplexed by complex policy requirements and strict protocols for physician and clinician documentation using the algorithmic approach to qualify the appropriate level of Mobility Assistive Equipment (MAE).
CMS Recognizes The Joint Commission's Home Health Accreditation, USA published
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:00:00 PDT
The Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has again granted The Joint Commission deeming authority for home health organizations. The CMS designation means that home health agencies accredited by The Joint Commission will be "deemed" as meeting Medicare and Medicaid certification requirements.
Assisted Living Executive Releases 2008 Largest Providers List (USA) published
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PDT
Assisted Living Executive, the magazine of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), has released its annual list of the Largest Providers in the assisted living business.
Bill To Ban Binding Arbitration Agreements In Nursing Home Contracts 'Warranted,' Editorial States published
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:00:00 PDT
Congress has begun to consider several bills that seek to establish standards for binding arbitration agreements in consumer contracts, and legislation that would ban such agreements in nursing home contracts "may be warranted," a Washington Post editorial states.
Catonsville, MD-Based Erickson Health Care Executive Dr. Matthew Narrett Discusses "Medical Homes" published
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PDT
Dr. Matthew Narrett, the chief medical officer for Catonsville, MD, - based Erickson Health system, will discuss aspects of medical homes today at the 2008 Health Braintrust/National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit being held at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. "Medical homes represent an approach rather than a location per se," said Narrett.
Nursing Homes Increasingly Use Arbitration To Avoid Lawsuits, Reduce Costs published
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:00:00 PDT
Nursing home residents and their families increasingly are "giving up their right to sue over disputes about care, including those involving death, as the homes write binding arbitration into their standard contracts," the Wall Street Journal reports. Under arbitration agreements, nursing home residents and their families agree to settle disputes through a third-party arbiter.
Influential Committee Calls For More Help For The Independent Homecare Sector published
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PDT
The United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) has welcomed the recent publication of the Northern Ireland Assembly Public Accounts Committee report into Older People and Domiciliary Care which has called on the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to put in place measures to encourage better use of the independent homecare sector and raise the status and esteem of homecare workers.
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