COPD patients discharged to a skilled nursing facility are twice as likely to die within a year
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 06, 2014
People who go to a skilled nursing facility after being hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are about twice as likely to die within a year, according to recently released findings.
For whom does the bell toll? MDS knows
By
Steven Littlehale
Jun 01, 2014
Death is never an easy topic. Hemingway addressed it eloquently in his novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” the title of which was taken from meditations on health, pain and sickness by poet John...
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May 09, 2014
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Ground-level falls lead to high rates of SNF admission, return trips to the hospital, study finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 12, 2014
Even if they do not hit the ground from a great height, elderly people who seek hospital care for a fall commonly go on to a skilled nursing facility, according to a recently published study. These seniors...
Obesity indeed increases seniors’ risk of death, will be long-standing issue for LTC providers:...
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 19, 2013
Obesity does not decrease seniors’ risk of death, according to a new study that calls into question previous findings. The new study also suggests that long-term care providers will see an increasing...
CDC: Mortality rates for top five causes of death fell between 2010 and 2011
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 15, 2012
Rates for five of the top 15 causes of death have fallen significantly over the past year, though overall lifespan has stayed the same, a government analysis found.
Americans’ lifespan shorter than previously thought, study finds
Feb 07, 2012
A group of researchers has developed a more accurate way of calculating mortality rates of the oldest Americans, which might lead to more realistic cost projections for Social Security and Medicare.
Online tool helps predict mortality
Jan 12, 2012
Mortality researchers have developed an online assessment tool that helps clinicians predict mortality for older adults.
No decrease for heart failure mortality rates after pharmacist visit, study says
Nov 16, 2011
Consultations with pharmacists, in collaboration with physicians in community-based settings, did not lower mortality and hospitalization rates of heart failure patients, new research finds.
More Medicare recipients are surviving high-risk surgeries
Jun 17, 2011
The risk of death after high-risk surgeries is dropping among Medicare patients, a new study found.