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Author Archives: anthony

Nursing Home Murder Perplexing

So how can this happen – a 100-year old nursing home resident murdered in her room?! Read more here. The son does not blame the nursing home and in fact his mother loved the place. And in terms of quality, it seemed to rank well with the available data from...

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Nursing Home as Battle Zone

This article puts in context the “battle” we face in balancing the needs of residents, caregivers, family and staff in moving long-term facilities from institutionalized warehouses to the best possible home they can be for residents. There is a long way to go. Read more here.

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Higher Doses of Vitamin D Help Prevent Falls

The U.S. Institutes of Medicine recommend adults aged 51 to 70 take 400 (IU) of vitamin D each day, and seniors aged 71 and older take 600 IU per day. Researchers at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, reviewed eight studies on Vitamin D and concluded that those doses aren’t enough....

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Let’s Commit to these Principles to Advance Person-Centered Care

Recent Harvard articles have been consistent in their insistence that a different mode of leadership will be required in all businesses going forward. Business as usual got us into the predicament we are in so we can’t simply go back to it when the economy recovers. New leadership will be...

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Infections Worsen Dementia According to Alzheimer’s Society

People with Alzheimer’s disease who develop an infection need to be treated as soon as possible to prevent it worsening their dementia. According to research conducted by Alzheimer’s Society, there is a link between common infections, and an increase in inflammation like reactions in the brain which lead to an...

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Another Reason to Love Rachel Ray – Olive Oil and Alzheimer’s

E.V.O.O. (you Rachel Ray fans know that) extra virgin olive oil might help prevent Alzheimer’s disease according to a study that will appear in the Oct 15 edition of the journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. Specifically, the compound oleocanthal in extra-virgin olive oil has been found to alter the structure...

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Intergenerational Programs – Kindergarten in the Nursing Home

Loneliness, helplessness and boredom – these are just three of the things that plague elders especially residents of long term care facilities. Lack of education about aging, interacting with elders, learning from elders – these are just three of the things that plague society. So what better way to start...

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Is Genesis Speaking for the Whole Nursing Home Industry in Opposing Reform?

The Center for Medicare Advocacy contends that Genesis Healthcare has been lobbying residents against HR 3200, the reform bill dubbed “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act.” If you remember Humana got in some hot water with the Department of Health and Human Services over their stand on reform. The Center’s leaders...

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Special Focus Facilities – add more to the list says GAO

The government‰Ûªs Special Focus Facility (SFF) program should add 450 nursing homes according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GOA). The GAO wants to include 580 of the poorest performing facilities nationwide-a more than four-fold increase over the 136 facilities currently singled out by the program. It...

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