Rural seniors with dementia have longer nursing home stays, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 23, 2020
Rural Medicare recipients with Alzheimer’s and related dementias have longer nursing home stays and shorter survival time following diagnosis than their urban peers, investigators say.
Baltimore to activate emergency response system for Medicare Part D
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 23, 2005
Baltimore’s health department will turn on its emergency surveillance and response system to monitor prescription drug access for Medicare beneficiaries when the new benefit begins Jan. 1.
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Sep 18, 2017
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Uterine cancer cases increase among older women in Europe, report says
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 10, 2006
Cases of uterine cancer among older women are rising in Europe, researchers say.
No need to go cold turkey on red meat to boost health: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 01, 2019
Cutting red and processed meat consumption by half significantly lowers the amount of LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol in the blood, a small trial has found.
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By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 04, 2014
Surveyors to report infection control lapses to public health agencies … Home health providers stumble on infection control … Socializing improves seniors’ lungs … Medicare to cover...
Iowa governor eliminates 10 nursing home inspector positions
Feb 17, 2011
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) has cut 10 of the state’s 38 nursing home inspecting positions. The surveyor group monitors Iowa’s 442 nursing homes.
Seniors have higher rates of cancer, fewer treatment options
Nov 07, 2008
The elderly are routinely excluded from clinical trials for cancer treatments, even though 60% of all cancer cases occur among the senior population, according to new research.
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Dec 16, 2015
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Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are 10 times more common than Medicare data shows, research suggests
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 16, 2013
The Medicare program often paints a far rosier picture of hospitals’ pressure ulcer rates than is indicated by data collected bedside by nurses, according to a newly published study.