Home health agencies will be required to become more responsive to patients and their caregivers under the first major overhaul of rules governing these organizations in almost 30 years.
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Fed. rules to require home health agencies to do more for patients
Posted on 12 February 2017.
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Lifesaving wedding bands: A family caregiver love story
Posted on 31 January 2017.
When Elaine and Tommy were married, they vowed “in sickness and health” — a promise that over a decade later would require a lifesaving addition to their matching wedding bands.
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How to adapt a home for wheelchairs and walkers
Posted on 29 January 2017.
When Dan Bawden teaches contractors and builders about aging-in-place, he has them get into a wheelchair. See what it’s like to try to do things from this perspective, he tells them.
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How to talk to aging parents about the future
Posted on 20 January 2017.
Parents care for and guide children into adulthood. But as parents age, sometimes the roles are reversed.
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Nurse practitioners making house calls
Posted on 19 January 2017.
Nurse practitioners are increasingly providing house calls for frail and elderly patients, eclipsing any other specialties in number of home visits in 2013, new research reveals.
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You may get little help from your hospital when looking for a nursing home
Posted on 13 January 2017.
The facility where she died in 2012 was affiliated with a respected San Francisco hospital, California Pacific Medical Center, and shared its name.
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