Having more hospice providers working with a nursing home doesn’t necessarily reduce end-of-life hospitalizations.
LTC not always valuable at end of life to seniors with mental illness
By
Emily Mongan
Nov 17, 2017
Seniors with serious mental illness don’t often seek out skilled nursing care at the end of their lives, recently released survey results show.
When it matters most
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 01, 2013
Pondering difficult end-of-life situations made me think, naturally, of Chevy Chase.
Pressure on senior care providers to improve efficiency may be misguided, say Medicare cost researchers
By
McKnight's Staff
May 30, 2013
Providers in areas with low average Medicare costs are not delivering care more efficiently than providers in high-cost areas, according to a new study. Prior studies said Medicare spending could be reduced...
Medicare expenditures for advanced dementia patients vary widely, study shows
May 17, 2011
Implementing high-quality palliative care programs for nursing home residents with advanced dementia could prevent expensive hospitalizations and burdensome interventions, such as feeding tubes, a new...