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Dialysis May Do More Harm Than Good
October 15, 2009 4:34 PM by Heather Simons

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine questions whether dialysis is the best treatment for nursing home patients. As reported by USA Today , more than half of older nursing home residents die within a year of starting dialysis and "nearly Read More...

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Mice-on-Resident Violence
May 1, 2009 9:11 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie

A news item about a mouse-on-resident attack in an Australian nursing home is hitting the U.S. media. Tales of mice chewing off residents' ears are, we can only hope, extremely rare, but certainly stir up a lot of attention and fear. Do you think the Read More...

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Falls Cause More Than Broken Hips
June 26, 2008 4:00 PM by Maureen McAndrews

Fall-induced traumatic brain injuries caused almost 8,000 deaths and 56,000 hospitalizations in 2005 among Americans 65 and older, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the June issue of the Journal of Safety Research . In 2005, TBIs Read More...

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HHS to Help Medicare Beneficiaries and Providers in Iowa and Indiana
June 16, 2008 2:36 PM by Maureen McAndrews

Acting under his authority in the Public Health Service Act, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today declared a public health emergency in the flood-stricken states of Iowa and Indiana. The action gives CMS Medicare beneficiaries and their health care providers Read More...

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A Safehaven for Abused Seniors
June 10, 2008 8:54 AM by Liz Rosto

Long-term care facilities are respected for their role in caring for seniors when they (and their families) are no longer able to provide for themselves at home. Some facilities across the country are providing another refuge for seniors who have been Read More...

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Restraint Use a Thing of the Past?
March 28, 2008 11:34 AM by Liz Rosto

A recent report shows that the use of physical restraints in nursing homes has drastically declined in recent years as the federal government, states and the long-term care industry has placed greater emphasis on eliminating them. How do you feel about Read More...

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Is your keyboard making you sick?
January 7, 2008 4:21 PM by Maureen McAndrews

Norovirus, often called the "stomach flu," often shows its face this time of year. Most people realize it's highly contagious but, for the first time, U.S. health officials report it can be spread from contact on computer keyboards and computer mice . Read More...

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MRSA Making News
October 29, 2007 3:40 PM by Maureen McAndrews

MRSA, a type of staph infection, made national news again two weeks ago, with federal health officials reporting its death toll in the U.S. has surpassed that of the AIDS virus. MRSA, which stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , is a Read More...

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