Moffitt Cancer Center To Hold 'Caring For The Caregiver' Program June 28
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.
Older Adults More Likely To Go Into A Nursing Home Just After Death Of Spouse
The chances of older adults being institutionalized, for instance in a nursing home, go up significantly immediately after the death of a spouse, according to new research from Finland.The study was conducted by Elina Nihtila and Pekka Martikainen, sociology researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland and was published online in the American Journal of Public Health yesterday, May 29th.
Carers Can't Afford To Be Ill, UK
Carers across the country - who tirelessly devote their time, effort and energy to looking after a loved one - could be putting their own health at risk by ignoring symptoms or not finding the time to visit their own GP for help and advice, a survey has found.
Accordance Home Care Launches Operations In Huntsville
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.
ResCare Acquires Texas Home Care Services
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.
Medicare Bidding Program For Home Medical Equipment Is A 'Train Wreck' For Patients And Providers, AA Homecare Tells Ways And Means Subcommittee
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.
Funding To Prevent Elder Abuse And Help Victims Achieve A Life Without Mistreatment
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.
Center For Medicare Advocacy Issues New Report On Nursing Home Decisions
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 federal enforcement response is usually modest, at best, " said Toby S.
Inspectors Often Overlook Serious Deficiencies At U.S. Nursing Homes, GAO Report Finds
State nursing home inspectors miss or minimize deficiencies -- such as malnutrition, severe bedsores, overuse of medications and abuse -- that pose a serious, immediate threat to patients, according to a report scheduled for release on Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, the.
Carers Week 9-15 June 2008 - Carers Can't Afford To Be Ill, UK
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is, in partnership with other members of the Neurological Alliance, is supporting the 2008 Carers Week.In 2008 the fourteenth annual Carers Week will highlight the impact caring can have on carers' health and wellbeing.