Archive for the ‘Caregivers / Homecare’ Category
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Understanding the often complex medical information your doctor or other caregivers give to you can be difficult, and the consequences of misunderstanding this information can be life threatening. The Joint Commission is launching a national campaign to help ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Help the Aged responded to a new evaluation study published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which found that bringing a community nursing and physiotherapy team into residential care homes for older people improved quality of life and reduced hospital admissions. The two-year pilot scheme, set up in a group ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
A new Medicare bidding program for durable medical equipment (DME) scheduled to be implemented in 10 metropolitan areas starting on July 1, 2008 will put many DME providers out of business and will disrupt services for many of the three million seniors and people with disabilities living in those ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Aerotel Medical Systems, one of the world's leading manufacturers of advanced telemedicine and remote monitoring solutions, announced today that Vodafone Spain in conjunction with Medicronic Salud have used Aerotel's e-CliniQ™ Wireless Home Monitoring System with successful results. The e-CliniQ™ Wireless Home Monitoring System enables patients to keep track of their ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
When a family member is dying, how can their loved ones provide the care and comfort needed?Increasingly, Americans are turning to hospice for help. Hospice is a term that describes programs involving a team of individuals who work together to provide optimal supportive care for terminally ill individuals and their ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
With Australia's ageing population, diseases like dementia are on the rise. And, thanks to $1.7 million in recent grants, The University of Queensland will be at the forefront of research dealing with a range of dementia-related issues. Three UQ research teams have won National Health and Medical Research Council ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
With family members now responsible for 80% of caregiving in the United States, nearly every generation is feeling the ripple effects of the aging process. Drawing on AARP's depth of expertise on the topic, AARP Publications is pleased to debut two new initiatives this week - Caring for your Parents ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Older adults want to use technology so they can age safely in their home. Family caregivers agree believing technology can ease some of the challenges of caregiving. Concerns such as cost to install and maintain equipment remain barriers for people 65-plus and for caregivers. These are the conclusions of two ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
The first survey of social workers who provide services to sandwich generation women-women between the ages of 35 and 64 who are "sandwiched" by the needs of their children and their aging parents-found that this group, which typically shoulders a family's caregiving burdens, is ill-prepared for the challenges of ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Patient Placement Systems announced that Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group of Norwell, Mass., has deployed the Referral Management System(TM) Enterprise Edition, marking the first use of dedicated online referral management for centralized admissions in the continuing care industry. The Referral Management System online long-term care software automates referral communications and ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
This week marks the 1,666th find nationally for the search and rescue of a Project Lifesaver client. You may ask why this is important; the answer in itself is simple. One life saved, is one less tragedy a family must endure and one less sad story featured on the news ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Two thirds of the country's care home residents are living with dementia. This hat-trick of announcements will play an important part in tackling the abuse and neglect of people with this devastating condition and help ensure failing homes are forced to improve standards. Human rights are not privileges, but rights, ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Lawmakers earlier this month introduced bills in the House and Senate that would place a three-year moratorium on retroactive repayments from hospice providers to Medicare and authorize a comprehensive study of Medicare hospice benefits, Scripps Howard/Washington Times reports (Collins, Scripps Howard/Washington Times, 3/27). The Medicare hospice program originally was ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Home Guardian, LLC has announced the release of a suite of sensors that non-intrusively monitor the health status of seniors in their homes while enabling professional caregivers to focus on providing needed care. This includes the detection of falls, which ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Two thirds of the country's care home residents are living with dementia. This hat-trick of announcements will play an important part in tackling the abuse and neglect of people with this devastating condition and help ensure failing homes are forced to improve standards. Human rights are not privileges, but rights, ...
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