Hospitalization can cause short-term memory loss in seniors
Apr 19, 2011
The mental disruption that comes with being hospitalized can cause temporary memory loss for up to a month for seniors who are sick, according to new research.
Obama issues memo to ensure that hospitals honor patients’ end-of-life wishes
Apr 20, 2010
A presidential memorandum aims to protect the rights of hospital patients on Medicare and Medicaid who are approaching the end of their lives.
Healthcare facilities advised to shut down decorative fountains following Legionnaires’ disease...
Jan 10, 2012
Healthcare facilities should shut down indoor decorative fountains to avoid the spread of Legionnaire’s disease, according to a new study.
Database of disciplined nurses still off-limits to nursing homes and hospitals
Sep 04, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services over the years has kept hidden from nursing homes and hospitals a database of nurses and other healthcare workers who have been disciplined by state licensing...
Hospitalization for Medicare patients often leads to nursing home, study finds
Oct 05, 2011
Medicare beneficiaries who are hospitalized for acute-care treatment, including a stroke or hip fracture, are at an “extremely high risk” for needing long-term care in a nursing home, a new...
New calculation method would reduce readmissions penalties, CMS says
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 30, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed changing the way hospital readmission penalties are calculated as part of its 2014 Medicare rate update. Potential readmissions penalties for long-term...
COVID-19 a bigger threat to seniors than pneumonia, real-world study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2023
COVID-19 is much more deadly than bacterial or viral pneumonia, causing double the mortality rate in older, hospitalized adults, investigators say.
CDC: Deaths from antibiotic-resistant bacteria jumped 15% in 2020
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 13, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has “pushed back years of progress” in combating antimicrobial resistance in the United States, the CDC reports.
Valid dementia verdict? Nursing home and hospital diagnoses now better aligned, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
May 03, 2021
Medicare’s dementia claim measures appear to have become more sensitive in recent years, agreeing more closely with hospital-based measures overall and for certain populations than in the past, investigators...