Long Term Care News

How much state money to allocate to nursing homes is one of the most expensive and controversial parts of the ongoing battle over finalizing Ohio's next budget.

A new scientific system developed by a St. Michael's Hospital physician, designed to rapidly evaluate the world's air traffic patterns, accurately predicted how the H1N1 virus would spread around the world, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine today.

"? HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE Follow the issues that will affect the quality and costs of your health care.

Long-term care provision in Senate Health Reform Bill corrects problem that Medicare does not cover long-term care Today, we feature a reporter roundtable with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Julie Rovner of National Public Radio and Jeffrey Young of The Hill .

American Association of Long Term Care Insurance publishes a comprehensive women's guide to long term care insurance protection.

In a move sure that would further shift the focus of long-term care away from nursing homes and toward other home- and community-based services, Rep.

A new study released by the Employee Benefits Group of Sun Life Financial finds that employees value their total benefits offering more than cash""even in this volatile economic environment.

Tennessee AARP officials say they're pleased with legislation passed this session that creates a new housing option for people who receive long-term care services, but they're hoping to make progress on other laws affecting the elderly.

President Barack Obama will host a White House reception Monday in honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, but faces criticism for not keeping campaign promises to the community.

The decision was not an easy one for the Coleys. Lillie Coley did not want to go in a nursing home, but a stroke suffered in 2000 had left her unable to move her left side, said Deborah Coley, her daughter-in-law. She stayed with family members after her husband died in 2003, but she needed around-the-clock care.

WHEN Otto von Bismarck introduced the first pension for workers over 70 in 1889, the life expectancy of a Prussian was 45.

IN our house, we talk a lot about long-term care. My dad is 92 and afflicted by dementia and failing eyesight.

Ohio lawmakers have set the stage for a budget vote early next week, but Senate Republicans and House Democrats are still trying to figure out what to do about school funding and a variety of unpopular cuts proposed by Gov.

The news of nursing cuts to Headwaters Health Care Centrea TMs complex continuing care unit has been couched in reassuring but misleading terms by the CEO, and as president of the Ontario Nursesa TM Association, I wish to translate nursing cuts into the impact on our patients.

The health care debate is heating up in Washington, DC and as a member of the state Senate Finance Committee, Ia m working to help Washingtonians get the coverage they deserve, and ensure this care is of the highest quality at the lowest cost.

Medicaid providers in California won a legal challenge over program cuts in the case "Maxwell-Jolly v. Independent Living Center of Southern California." McKnight's Long Term Care News reports that "The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a federal appeals court ruling that says California's Medicaid providers have a right to challenge state cuts to ...

Each year, I travel to all of Wisconsin's 72 counties and hold an open, town hall-style meeting.

A fast-growing health care company has opened Williamson County's first residential hospice, a temporary medical home where patients can get symptoms stabilized, pain controlled and other care before moving back home, to a nursing home or somewhere else at the end of their lives.

Expressing the belief that society has to do better on behalf of the military veterans who have served their country, State Sens.

Beverly Griffiths, a regional consultant with the Department of Health, speaks to the Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador annual general meeting Tuesday.