Sep 12, 2018 | News
From Kasiser Health News — Death and its companion, grief, are often ignored at nursing homes and assisted living centers. Yet ignoring the loss can lead to depression, staff burnout and other problems. GRAY, Ga. — One by one, their names were recited as family...
Sep 5, 2018 | News
From Forbes — Mom falls and breaks her hip. Her injury is repaired at the local acute care hospital but she needs intensive rehab and post-surgical care. She could be sent home or to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) but instead she is discharged to a long-term...
Aug 29, 2018 | News
From NPR — After working at a call center for two decades, Linda Bradley’s job came to an end about a year and a half ago. Since her layoff, she has combed online job sites every day looking for work — without much luck. Bradley, who is 45 and lives near...
Aug 22, 2018 | News
From The Detroit Free Press — The finances of an intensely private Aretha Franklin soon will become very public in Oakland County Probate Court because she left no will or trust. Her four sons filed a document Tuesday afternoon listing themselves as interested...
Aug 22, 2018 | News
From Forbes — Relatively few childless adults reside in assisted living and continuous care communities today. Why? There were no adult children to convince them to make the move. This article is a continuation of the August 6 and August 13 blogs about the key...
Aug 15, 2018 | News
From The San Diego Union-Tribune — Though its name sounds like a trendy workout craze, Medicare’s new “step therapy” policy has nothing to do with getting people in their 60s to move their feet. Sometimes called “fail first,” step therapy is the term used when a...
Aug 14, 2018 | News
From McKnights Long-Term Care News — Nursing homes’ publicly reported star ratings have increased substantially since the adoption of the Five-Star Quality Rating System. But there hasn’t been a corresponding drop in preventable hospitalizations,...
Aug 13, 2018 | News
From DisabilityScoop.com — Federal lawmakers are looking to make doctors and other health care services far more available for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A bipartisan bill introduced late last month in Washington would for the first...
Aug 9, 2018 | News
From NPR.org — Medicaid home care aides — hourly workers who help elderly and disabled people with daily tasks like eating, getting dressed and bathing — are emerging as the latest target in the ongoing power struggle between some conservative lawmakers and organized...
Jul 31, 2018 | News
From NPR — There’s a growing movement of MDs working to include recognition of people with disabilities in their profession — and how those disabilities might actually make them better doctors. KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: When it comes to the field of medicine,...
