Posted on 07 February 2023. Tags: Elder Care, Immigrants, elderly, long term care, staff, workers
When Margarette Nerette arrived in the United States from Haiti, she sought safety and a new start. The former human rights activist feared for her life in the political turmoil following the military coup that overthrew President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991.
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Posted in Health, Family Care
Posted on 02 January 2023. Tags: Elder Care, Home Care, Medicare, elderly, hospital care
Eight years ago, the Mount Sinai network of seven hospitals in New York City launched a Hospital at Home program that shifted care for certain patients from the hospital to home.
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Posted in Features
Posted on 07 December 2022. Tags: Elder Care, assisted living, elderly, report
Assisted living communities too often fail to meet the needs of older adults and should focus more on residents’ medical and mental health concerns, according to a recent report by a diverse panel of experts.
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Posted in Health, Family Care
Posted on 28 September 2022. Tags: Elder Care, elderly, long term care, private equity, private ownership
A little over a decade ago, Four Seasons Health Care was among the largest long-term care home companies in Britain, operating 500 sites with 20,000 residents and more than 60 specialist centers.
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Posted in Health
Posted on 14 June 2022. Tags: Elder Care, Healthcare, Medicaid, caregivers, elderly, nursing homes, payments, resident care
The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements or diverted to profits.
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Posted on 18 May 2022. Tags: Elder Care, Pandemic, elderly, nursing home reform, regulatory, research, staffing
Nursing home residents are subjected to ineffective care and poor staffing, while facility finances are shrouded in secrecy and regulatory lapses go unenforced, according to a report that called for wholesale changes in an industry whose failures have been spotlighted by the pandemic.
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Posted in Family Care