LTC Reform

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Link is Twitter posts. Pics at  http://tweetphoto.com/user/3720092 More pics at  http://twitpic.com/photos/NationalADAPT Joe's tak...

Link is the "official" (is anything about ADAPT official?) Action Update. Oodles of Photos at http://tweetphoto.com/user/37200...

Many more pictures of the buildup to today's actions: http://tweetphoto.com/user/3720092 http://twitpic.com/photos/NationalADAPT M...

National ADAPT is ready to fight for Choice and Freedom. Find photos at  http://tweetphoto.com/user/3720092 Best way to follow is throug...

Recently, much has been made about what LTC services should be provided to elderly prison inmates, and where those services should be provid...

Now that health reform has passed, what can we expect? In the Near Term: In 90 days, a temporary high risk pool for people with pre-exis...

#LTCReform: Health Care Reform and Older Americans: Achieving Better Chronic Care at Lower Costs at http://bit.ly/9FfQGE

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New blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ycz4ss3 - To Moscow and Back Again: A Democrat’s Tale about the health care bill

In 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia, reaching and taking Moscow , but failing to get a Russian surrender and without supplies to stay in Moscow...

  Illicit drug use by seniors is on the rise. That could lead to a significant increase in the need for drug treatment services for sen...

  A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General confirms that the regulatory documentation req...

In 2006, a year after the FDA issued mortality warnings about prescribing antipsychotic drugs for the elderly, nearly 30% of nursing home re...

In the 1980s, consumer groups exposed substandard care in some U.S. nursing homes, as well as instances of even more dire problems like abus...

Nursing home resident advocates in Illinois are pushing for new, stricter rules on the use of antipsychotic drugs among elderly nursing home...

Inveterate cell-phone addicts may feel that the devices help them to work smarter and -- surprisingly -- they may be right. If they're...

…..At the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF), technology is playing a key part in helping people with Alzheimer's diseas...

Some Sample Articles: Raising The Standard: Palliative Care In Nursing Homes The Revolving Door Of Rehospitalization From Skilled Nursing ...

As 2010 dawns, many providers and publishers find themselves limping along. Both have just endured one of the more challenging years on reco...

The FDA is asking for comment to determine whether it should reclassify ECT to require "reasonable assurance of the safety and effecti...

Technorati Tags: LTC , CLASS Edward Kennedy via last.fm   WE ARE the lucky ones. Not only are we blessed with two mothers in...

Thanks and a Hat Tip to Patti Dudek… http://bit.ly/8c0jiM The Dec. 9 editorial "Health reform's heavy lifting" unfairly c...

http://bit.ly/687ncn Technorati Tags: guardianship crime The Michigan State Police’s investigation into the Arenac County Public Guardia...

  LTCFocUS.org provides data on nursing home care in the US. Our goal is to allow researchers to trace relationships between state poli...

BuzzNet Tags: LTC , CLASS , Senate Bill Edward Kennedy via last.fm   The Senate on Friday turned back a Republican effort to ...

  Last year, I was rushed to the hospital after a severe gastrointestinal infection became septicemia. I was unconscious, inches away f...

  The U.S. health care workforce’s lack of health coverage raises “important and perhaps alarming issues,” according to an article in ...

  The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance has just released a new guide that addresses the new 2010 tax deductible items and...

  Commissioned by the Joseph Rowntreee Foundations Independent Living Committee, the Older People’s Programme (OPP1) and the Centre for Po...