Nursing Home Quality Ratings Updated
The U.S. government’s 5-Star ratings of the nations nursing homes are in! While these results are not as glamorous as the Oscars or the Grammys… okay, they are not glamorous…
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Fayetteville Hospital Could Lose Federal Funding
A Fayetteville, North Carolina, hospital is at risk of losing it’s funding from Medicaid and Medicare tonight in response to the death of a mentally ill patient.
Read MoreJudge Halts Change to Medicaid
Good news for disabled and elderly people who require personal care services: A federal judge has stopped North Carolina from ending services for some Medicaid recipients who receive in-home care….
Read MoreMedicare Drug Discount Saves Elderly Billions
Here’s a good news story: The health-care overall championed by President Barack Obama’s administration has saved Medicare recipients about $1.5 billion since it went into effect in January 2011. This…
Read MoreDoes Medicare Fail the Elderly?
In The New York Times, reporter Jane Gross wrote a fascinating opinion piece about Medicare. She calls it the “dirty little secret of health care in America”: That while we…
Read MoreReducing Nursing Home Resident Hospitalizations
A commentary in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) talks about the common problem facing nursing home residents: Unnecessary hospitalizations due to untrained nurses or…
Read MoreThe High Cost of Poor Nursing Home Care
The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (also known simply as “Consumer Voice”) is an organization that advocates for public policies that support quality care, and empowers and educates…
Read MoreHazardous Antipsychotic Drugs
The New York Times published an eye-opening article about how some antipsychotic drugs given to the elderly are dangerous, and even potentially lethal. Nearly one in seven elderly nursing home…
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