Catholic nursing homes will be affected by HHS contraception regulation
Feb 02, 2012
About 500 Catholic nursing homes in the United States will be affected by a regulation requiring employer health insurance plans to cover contraceptive services.
Robot baby comforts nursing home residents
Jan 23, 2012
Japanese scientists have invented yet another type of robot aimed at making life a little it easier for senior citizens, this time in the form of a robot baby.
Iowa governor introduces LTC sex offender rule
Jan 11, 2012
Iowa governor Terry Branstad (R) will ask the state legislature to require notification when sex offenders move into long-term care facilities, he said Monday.
Nursing home residents use iPad to vote in House primary election
Nov 09, 2011
Nursing home residents in five Oregon counties voted in a Congressional special primary election Tuesday via iPad tablet notebooks, thanks to a small pilot program.
Nursing homes and hospitals work together to lower readmission rates
Oct 25, 2011
Techniques such as screening for sepsis and a standardized discharge form have helped to lower the rate of rehospitalized nursing home patients in Florida.
Confusion over ‘medical home’ model of care persists
Oct 14, 2011
The term “medical homes” remains a source of confusion among those the model designed to help: Medicaid recipients.
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 Jersey to implement standardized forms for nursing home and hospital transfers
Oct 05, 2011
New Jersey will become the first state to require the use of a standardized form when a nursing home resident is transferred to a hospital, or when a resident is moved to a long-term care facility from...
Nursing home group criticizes proposed painkiller dispensing legislation
Sep 19, 2011
Newly proposed legislation aimed at easing painkiller-dispensing regulations in nursing homes is being loudly condemned by the American Health Care Association.
New legislation would ease nursing home painkiller regulations
Sep 16, 2011
Proposed legislation would allow nursing home staff — acting on a physician’s verbal instructions — to order and administer controlled medications to patients in urgent need of pain relief.