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Care Home: Patients Being Tube-Fed to Save Time (UK)
Spotlight on Elder Abuse —
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Patients being tube-fed to save time Patients are having their health put at risk by staff who feed them through tubes unnecessarily because they are too busy to help them eat normally, a report has warned By Rebecca Smith , Medical Editor 06 Jan 2010 ...1 day ago -
3 Nursing Home Patients Killed By Chemical Restraints (CA. USA)
Spotlight on Elder Abuse —
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California Attorney General Says Nursing Director Drugged Patients to Control Them By JOHN HENDREN Jan. 5, 2010 What happened in a bucolic nursing home nestled in the California mountains starting in 2003 shocked investigators. When residents at the Kern Valley Nursing Home complained or annoyed ...1 day ago -
GAO looks into why nursing home evals are flawed
Covering Health —
Authority: 136
The Government Accountability Office has followed up its May 2008 report that found a high level of inconsistency in nursing home evaluations ( PDF ) with a blockbuster sequel: Addressing the Factors Underlying Understatement of Serious Care Problems Requires Sustained CMS and State Commitment (PDF). In this ...3 days ago -
Hey Scaredy Cats: Next Year Turn the Damn Channel & Leave Dick Clark Alone
Ethic Soup —
Authority: 109
If Im wrong let me know, but no one I know is growing younger. Were all getting older, closing in on the cemetery grave or the ovens of cremation. And theres good ole Dick Clark refusing to give up, refusing to hide. What gall! I mean, how dare he? Thats what numerous TV critics and columnists are saying -- ...4 days ago -
Mayo Clinic Realizes ObamaCare A Total Disaster, Stops Accepting Medicare
Start Thinking Right —
Authority: 131
What we have here is a very cute and clever title for a very disastrous development. Mayo Says: Hold The Medicare By Ed Carson Thu., Dec. 31, ‘09 The Mayo Clinic will stop accepting Medicare patients at one of its primary care clinics in Arizona. Why? The government doesn’t pay enough : More than ...6 days ago -
Toad Busters banned from gassing pests
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
A group fighting to keep cane toads out of Western Australias Kimberley says it is being stopped from using carbon dioxide to gas the pests because bureaucrats have told them it is too cruel. Kimberley Toad Busters has labelled the Department of Environment and Conservations (DEC) refusal to sanction the use of ...1 week ago -
FIRST 72 HOURS AT A NURSING HOME ARE CRUCIAL
Legal Medicine —
Authority: 123
I have seen the following situation happen more than one time: Elderly patient is discharged from hospital and taken to a nursing home after 5:00pm. Arrives at nursing home, and staff is unprepared or not there. No one to discuss paperwork or payment. No RN on staff to evaluate patient or their condition. No ...1 week ago -
Rabies in a household but hopefully not in a nursing home
Worms and Germs Blog —
Authority: 123
A Texas couple is undergoing rabies post-exposure prophylaxis after an abandoned puppy they adopted was diagnosed with rabies . They found the puppy outside and brought it into their house. One of them was subsequently bitten and they found out about the rabies diagnosis on Christmas eve. One of them is quoted as ...1 week ago -
AAHSA’s Washington Update from 12/24/2009
The Future of Aging Blog —
Authority: 123
Health care reform legislation passed the Senate on December 24. The vote was 60-39, which was not a surprise. Before the bill passed, the Senate adopted Sen. Harry Reid’s manager’s amendment, a comprehensive package of changes to the original bill. As Larry Minnix informed you last week, the CLASS provisions ...1 week ago -
Ewbank 575XS Multisweep Manual Carpet and Floor Sweeper, Silver
Kill Deal —
Authority: 176
Great on carpets or hard floors Ideal for fast pickup and small messes No electricity or re-charging required and no electrical cord to unwind Ready to use immediately Hygienic empty from the top system Product Description Manual carpet sweeper with natural brushes is designed for carpet or hard floor ...1 week ago -
Experts devise bang-up cracker formula
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...2 weeks ago -
Pair held over $4m card skimming scam
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...2 weeks ago -
Unintended Consequences Of Cutting Mental Health Services In Iowa
Better Health —
Authority: 568
I took this picture a couple of years ago during a trip to Iowa. This is the old Clarinda Asylum for the Insane. The name was changed for obvious reasons a long time ago to the Clarinda Treatment Complex. I grew up in Iowa, so let me tell you a few things about my home state. Among other things, Iowans grow corn, ...2 weeks ago -
Crew finds Centaur shipwreck
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...2 weeks ago -
Letter: Antipsychotic Drugs
NYT > Theater —
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Scripps finds inequalities in nursing home care
Covering Health —
Authority: 136
Lee Bowman and Thomas Hargrove of Scripps Howard News Service looked into nursing homes around the country and found the quality of care to be quite uneven , highlighting the difficulty of finding a good nursing home . Photo by by ulrichkarljoho via Flickr. Despite the differences in care, Bowman and ...2 weeks ago -
Column: ‘A CLASS Act deserves support’
Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com —
Authority: 134
In a column for United Feature Syndicate, Washington insiders Cokie and Steven V. Roberts call for approval of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act. The measure, part of the health-care bill, would allow workers to pay into a fund that would then pay a stipend if they become disabled.CLASS, they ...2 weeks ago -
Are Rest Home Residents Really Safe? (NEW ZEALAND)
Spotlight on Elder Abuse —
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Are rest home residents really safe? 17 December 2009 Press Release: Age Concern Age Concern New Zealand Media release 17 December 2009 Are rest home residents really safe? Rest homes audits alone cant guarantee vulnerable older peoples safety; greater commitment to quality ...3 weeks ago -
Murder case highlights danger of mixing felons, vulnerable adults
Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com —
Authority: 134
From the Chicago Tribune:A convicted felon has been charged with the murder of a dementia patient at an Illinois nursing home, exposing the dangerous mix of violent and vulnerable residents at residential facilities in that state.Ardyce Nauden, 62, has been charged with homicide in the beating death of 72-year-old ...3 weeks ago -
NASA Work With Astronauts Could Help Curtail Falling Among Elderly
Who Moved My Dentures? Essential Information for Boomers on Healthcare, Aging and Caregiving —
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Researchers at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute are working with astronauts to re-orient them to re-entry into earth and that research could benefit seniors and prevent falls. Astronauts experiencing weightlessness often suffer from disorientation, motion sickness and a loss of sense of direction ...3 weeks ago
