Long Term Care Basics

Rotary Adult Daycare Honors Activity Aides - North Central Ohio

Rotary Adult Daycare Honors Activity AidesNorth Central OhioThe activity aides work to keep seniors in long-term nursing home and assisted living care, and adult daycare, mentally alert and physically healthy. Mansfield Memorial Homes and Rotary Adult Daycare also provide health education, and blood pressure ...and more »

TennCare Proposing Tighter Restrictions For Nursing Home Coverage - WCYB

TennCare Proposing Tighter Restrictions For Nursing Home CoverageWCYBWe asked a TennCare spokesperson and found out they're proposing tighter restrictions for long-term nursing home coverage. Right now, the state only requires one activity of daily living deficiency, known as an ADL, such as not being able to feed or ...

Better management of Medicaid explored - The News Journal

Better management of Medicaid exploredThe News JournalMarkell's budget assumes $4 million in Medicaid cuts through changes in managing long-term nursing-home care and potential changes in physical therapy, laboratory visits and prescription drug benefits, according to the Office of Management and Budget.and more »

Increasing length-of-stay - McKnight's Long Term Care News

McKnight's Long Term Care NewsIncreasing length-of-stayMcKnight's Long Term Care NewsWhen we tell someone they are no longer able to return home and must consider long-term nursing home placement, we have just significantly altered this person's life. This is one of the reasons that I believe CMS has included the discharge planning ...

Flooding leaves region with nursing home bed shortage - Press & Sun-Bulletin

Flooding leaves region with nursing home bed shortagePress & Sun-BulletinOn a typical day, there are 40 to 50 patients at UHS hospitals whose next step is temporary or long-term nursing home care, Chamberlin said. About half of them are stable and waiting for a nursing home bed to open up. Why is it so difficult to find ...and more »

New Online Tool from PHCA/CALM Helps Consumers Find Long-Term Care - MarketWatch (press release)

New Online Tool from PHCA/CALM Helps Consumers Find Long-Term CareMarketWatch (press release)FindPACare.org , the site allows consumers to search for care in Pennsylvania based on location or by the type of care needed -- for example, long-term nursing home care; personal care or assisted living, Alzheimer's and dementia care; ...and more »

Trinity To Offer Class On Dictators To Retirees - Hartford Courant

Trinity To Offer Class On Dictators To RetireesHartford CourantThe Saint Mary Home, which is a long term nursing home, is also a part of The Mercy Community and residents may partake in the educational course. "We are excited this is a pilot and feeling our way around this first semester, but we hope to promote ...

Interactive Tools to Assess the Likelihood of Death - NDTV

NDTVInteractive Tools to Assess the Likelihood of DeathNDTVAt ePrognosis.org, physicians can consult the Porock index, used for assessing life expectancy in long-term nursing home residents. The index indicates, for example, that a man in his late 80s with congestive heart failure, failing kidneys, ...and more »