Long Term Care News Sep 2010

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Arizona gets $1.2M grant from ObamaCare
The money will go toward educating seniors and those living with disabilities about available long-term care options. (Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:43:39 -0700)

Long-Term Care Policy Summit in Little Rock Thursday
Medical experts and state government officials are gathering in Little Rock on Thursday for a Long-Term Care Policy Summit. Joann Genovich-Richards, PhD, RN, of AARP National Policy Council will address the event. (Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:03:29 -0700)

'Careless' HSE blamed for bed delay
CARELESSNESS IN the HSE caused an eight-year delay in processing an elderly woman’s application for a public long-term care bed, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly has found. (Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:46:34 -0700)

Lancaster Health Group Selects Socket Mobile Antimicrobial Handheld Computers For Point-Of-Care Documentation
Socket Mobile, Inc., an innovative provider of mobile productivity solutions, today announced that Lancaster Health Group, a provider of residential rehabilitation, nursing, and long-term care services in the Chicago metropolitan area, has selected the Socket SoMo® 650Rx handheld computer for use in documenting patient assessments, medications administered, activities of daily living and other ... (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:06:50 -0700)

Acute care facility to open in Allegheny Valley Hospital
LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh is preparing to open an Alle-Kiski Valley facility for long-term acute care patients in, of all places, Allegheny Valley Hospital. (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:01:44 -0700)

HHS Announces Grants To Help Seniors, People With Disabilities And Caregivers Navigate Long Term Care Options
Modern Healthcare: As part of the new health law, HHS is distributing $68 million in grants "to help people navigate their health and long-term-care options. The grants will be going to states, territories, tribal and community-based organizations to help seniors, individuals with disabilities and caregivers make more-informed decisions about their health and long-term care... (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:38:34 -0700)

$1.26 million to help patients navigate health-care options
Arkansas will receive $1.26 million from the Department of Health and Human Services to help seniors, individuals with disabilities and caregivers navigate their health care and long-term care options. (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:21:08 -0700)

New Survey Process Will Drive Quality Improvements in Nursing Homes: Kansas Governor and New AHCA President
Governor Mark Parkinson Speaks to 150 Long-Term Care Leaders Exploring Changing Expectations for Quality Resident Care (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:35:00 -0700)

Trust fund proposed for long-term veterans care - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
In the face of new estimates showing a 30 percent jump in the expected lifetime costs of health care for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, the chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee proposes creating a trust fund to set aside money for long-term costs of the current conflicts. (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:43:18 -0700)

Nurse layoffs at Fraser Valley long-term-care facilities 'frightening'
A plan to increase the amount of “direct care” given to patients in long-term care has some nurses fearing more seniors will die and become ill in Fraser Valley nursing homes. (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:30:55 -0700)

Crisis looms at long-term nursing homes in Detroit
Detroit -- Detroit nursing homes are facing a long-term care crisis because of loss of Medicare funding and the perception they provide substandard care, according to a study released Wednesday by the Detroit Area Agency on Aging. (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:26:24 -0700)

NC receives over $2.7M to help people navigate health, long-term care options
WASHINGTON — HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $68 million in grants to help seniors, individuals with disabilities, and caregivers better understand and navigate their health and long-term care options. A total of more than $2.7 million in grants has been awarded in North Carolina. (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:41:26 -0700)

Planning ahead for long-term care
Elder care experts — lawyers, advocates and physicians — said that many people don't think about long-term care until the need is upon them. (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:51:13 -0700)

Care worker loses appeal
A former care worker who brutally attacked an elderly Alzheimer's patient at a Malton long-term care centre will serve jail time after losing her bid to appeal the conviction. (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:28:16 -0700)

Crisis looms at long-term nursing homes in Detroit
Detroit -- Detroit nursing homes are facing a long-term care crisis because of loss of Medicare funding and the perception they provide substandard care, according to a study released Wednesday by the Detroit Area Agency on Aging. (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:16:18 -0700)

Some Long-Term-Care Premiums to Rise
John Hancock wants to hike rates on many of its policies by 40%. (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:00:27 -0700)

Iranian hostage hero gets long-term care
Canadian hero John Sheardown has been moved into an Ottawa long-term care home for the elderly and his wife credits the Toronto Star in large part. (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:08:32 -0700)

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