Skilled nursing provider groups reacted negatively Monday to President Obama’s 2013 budget recommendations, which propose $360 billion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs.
Under Obama’s budget, Medicare would reduce payments to nursing homes for post-acute care and cut bad debt payments owed to skilled nursing facilities.
Sunrise Senior Living has partnered with designer Emily Henderson, host of HGTV’s Secrets From a Stylist, on a campaign to educate its assisted living residents on design and aging, according to a company announcement.
Henderson will educate Sunrise’s residents and their families to design their Sunrise suites in ways “that reflect their interests and personal histories,” the company said.
Madeline (pseudonym) is in her 50s and has lived here for over a year. Yesterday, she moved to a smaller facility owned by the same company. She hopes she will have more freedom and be able to go outside when she wants.
Madeline did not know she was leaving yesterday, but knew it could be any day. She left before lunch so I do not know if other residents got to say goodbye. People will surely miss Madeline because she helped with activities many times, and she was also the best buddy of the facility dog Brutus.
I am writing this blog while waiting to catch a plane after attending 2 weeks of meetings. Here’s the short list: federal advisory Health IT Standards Committee; the NASL Winter Conference; and a CCHIT trustee conference call.
Alzheimer’s disease may have met its match.
Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland are reporting a huge breakthrough in the effort of finding a cure for Alzheimer's, their findings published in the journal Science.
A health insurance company may not be honoring the long-term care policies of Californians, according to a new lawsuit filed by Consumer Watchdog and law firm Shernoff, Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP.
Pennsylvania’s elders might have a drinking problem, according to a new study by the University of Pittsburgh published in Research on Aging.
An analysis of data included in the Pennsylvania nurse aide registry found 832 assisted living nurse aides reported that they believe 69 percent of their residents drink alcohol.
I have been privy to recent interior design discussions that ask the question, "Do we really need to buy furniture in senior living?" While anyone that works in senior living as an operator, marketer, architect or designer understands that the answer is yes—and always will be yes—the newbie's to senior living don't seem to understand why this question is so odd to us.
The Obama administration is spending $130 million now through 2013 to fund research into Alzheimer’s disease, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
An additional $26 million will be used for caregiver support, provider education, public awareness and improvements in data infrastructure for Alzheimer’s, according to the announcement.
Between 29 and 32 states are projected to experience Medicaid funding declines under recalculation of the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) during fiscal year 2014, according to the National Association of Medicaid Directors.
Between four and seven states are projected to see an increase in matching Medicaid funds, the association said in its report.
U.S. News & World Report today released its annual Best Nursing Homes ratings, recognizing top-rated nursing homes based on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Five-Star Quality Rating System.
A new bipartisan survey of American voters finds hefty opposition to reducing Medicare funding for nursing homes, which the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care intends to broadcast “on Capitol Hill and in states across the nation,” according to a statement.
