AARP: Shortage grows more severe in low-income senior housing
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Haymarket Media
Jan 10, 2007
Many low-income older Americans have to wait more than a year for housing, according to a new report from AARP.
Baby boomers who care for parents may forfeit savings, report says
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Haymarket Media
Jan 08, 2007
Caring for aging parents and family members could eat up the retirement savings of many baby boomers, a New York Times report found.
Polls offer differing public views of drug benefit
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Haymarket Media
Dec 22, 2006
The voting public seems to be at odds with seniors’ views of prescription drug benefit reform, studies indicate. While two studies show the general public’s dissatisfaction with an anticipated...
Facility fines, penalties yield cash bonus for states
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Haymarket Media
Dec 15, 2006
States generate a lot of revenue from fines and federal and state civil money penalties collected from nursing homes, a new study finds. They, in turn, use the funds to improve the quality of facility...
More hospitals offering palliative care programs, study finds
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Haymarket Media
Dec 12, 2006
Like many long-term care providers, hospitals are diving deeper into the palliative care market, a new analysis shows.
Information Technology feature – Code warriors
By
Liza Berger
Dec 06, 2006
A new pilot project hopes to crack the language code of long-term care pharmacy. But the challenge is daunting.
Infection Control feature – Shots on goal
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2006
Providers are under pressure from regulators and others to vaccinate residents – and themselves – against influenza.
Two decades later, fewer seniors are disabled, in nursing homes
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Haymarket Media
Dec 05, 2006
It’s not just your imagination. Older people are acting younger, and as a population, their rate of disability has sharply decreased over the last 20 years. As a result, the percentage of those in...
Happiness eludes many middle-aged women, study finds
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Haymarket Media
Nov 21, 2006
Middle-aged women are less likely to be happy than the rest of the American population, a new survey finds.
Medicare Part D poses problems for LTC residents, report finds
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2006
The Medicare Part D drug program is creating problems for long-term care residents in some states, according to a new report by the National Association of State Medicaid Directors and Avalere Health LLC.