Archive for the ‘Caregivers / Homecare’ Category
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Results from the third annual Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) ICAN: Investigating Caregivers' Attitudes and Needs Survey suggest that Alzheimer's disease care is a family affair. Most "sandwich caregivers" - the parents or guardians of children under 21 who also care for an aging parent, other relative or friend with ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Results from the third annual Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) ICAN: Investigating Caregivers' Attitudes and Needs Survey suggest that Alzheimer's disease care is a family affair. Most "sandwich caregivers" - the parents or guardians of children under 21 who also care for an aging parent, other relative or friend with ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
A new study in the journal Family Process reveals that caregivers with moderate to severe depressive symptoms showed greater hostility and less warmth. The study focused on caregivers of low-income children with persistent asthma.Researchers led by Marianne Celano, PhD, of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, utilized data ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
The hardest part of caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's type disorders is not the everyday practical challenge, but rather the emotional impact of losing the patients' support and companionship as the disease robs them of their faculties, according to new research at the University of Indianapolis."You are losing and ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
There are people who have traditionally been forgotten in the field of health. However, they are vitally important for patients' well-being: they are the family caregivers in hospitals. A study carried out at the Department of Social Anthropology of the University of Granada and led by lecturer Rafael Briones Gomez, ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
More than two thirds of people in care homes are living with dementia and thousands of them and their carers are left exposed by this scandalous legal loophole. There should never be any compromise when it comes to treating people with fairness, dignity, equality and respect and there needs to ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Máire Hoctor, T.D, Minister for Older People, launched a new book by The Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre (SPARC) In Trinity College Dublin. The title of this publication is "Home Care for Ageing Populations: A Comparative Analysis of Home Care Services in Denmark, the United States and Germany".This book, ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Eight outstanding cancer care providers from a variety of backgrounds and regions have been chosen to receive the 2008 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award, a prestigious national prize for cancer caring. The Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award recognizes individuals who have made a ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) built upon historic action it took last November by making public more names of underperforming nursing homes across the country. On November 29, 2007, the agency began publishing the names ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
"Over the past five years, nursing homes nationwide have been on a quest to improve quality in their work for America's most vulnerable citizens. This journey started with the development of Quality First under the guidance of National Commission for Quality Long-term Care and continued with the establishment of the ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Staging mock cardiac and respiratory arrests - "code" situations in hospital parlance - easily expose common failures in rapid response with CPR and other life-saving care for children and also set up powerful incentives to sharpen emergency skills and move fast to use them, suggests a study from the Johns ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Hospitals and health care providers across New York State would lose a staggering $10 billion under the proposed budget released by President George W. Bush, according to analysis by the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS), the only statewide hospital and continuing care association in New York State. The ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Mistrust of the health care system, as well as a strong preference for curative treatment, might in part explain why blacks are less likely than whites to use hospice care, according to a study presented last weekend, HealthDay News/Forbes reports. The study, by Kimberly Johnson, a geriatrician and palliative care ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission during a recent meeting considered several draft recommendations to Congress regarding skilled nursing facilities, prescription drug plans and primary care, CQ HealthBeat reports.One draft recommendation for revising the prospective Medicare payment system for skilled nursing facilities would add a "separate nontherapy ancillary component," which includes ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
A plan proposed by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) aims to reduce state health care spending by allowing elderly residents to receive care in their own homes rather than moving to a nursing home, the AP/Knoxville News-Sentinel reports. Bredesen said the proposal would simplify the process for how elderly residents ...
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