Here is a guest blog from McKnight’s that again shows how nursing homes are being ignored in the health care reform debate. My opinion has been clear and consistent. Aging in place is great. BUT…this country is ranked 37th in the World Health Organization and the latest study on obesity...
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Self – Responsibility: How to Reduce Healthcare Costs for the Elderly
This is a guest blog from Adrienne Carlson, who regularly writes on the topic of nurse practitioner schools . Adrienne welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: adrienne.carlson83@yahoo.com One of the things I “preach” about often is the need for self-responsibility. Part of the reason we have a...
No Rest Even When Your Dead – Identity Theft
Came across this and just shook my head. I mean come on people. Where is the moral compass in this country? Identity prowlers comb obituaries. They forward the deceased’s mail which contains an overabundance of personal information, from credit card accounts to bank accounts, which they in turn use. They...
Guest Blog in Long-Term Living Magazine – Leadership Must Change if Person / Patient Centered to take Root
Our post from yesterday is now featured in Long Term Living Magazine’s blog entries. Leadership must change their ways or the experience for patients and residents and staff will not change. Interestingly today I had a wonderful conversation with Kellyann Curnayn. She is a nurse in Orlando and the author...
Leadership Must Change if Person / Patient Centered to take Root
I have been blogging a lot lately about why patient centered care and person centered care have not taken firm root. Readers of the blogs came back to one systemic issue – leadership. A couple of recent Harvard articles might hold the answer to the leadership question. The article, Are...
Active Twitter User Celebrates 104th Birthday
OK I can’t get my 88-year-old mom to look at a computer and here we have dear Ivy Bean in England on Facebook and Twitter with more than 45,000 followers. Read the CNN article here. Then go and read my friend Laura Bramly’s blog about the larger implications and what...
Look to your leaders, not healthcare reform, to change long-term care
Read the guest blog in McKnight’s Long Term Care News and Assisted Living.
Disciplined Nurses Database is a Dirty Little Secret
Any wonder patient and resident experience suffers in our health care facilities; word comes of another hidden resource that might be able to help but has not been shared. The Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank was created 22 years ago to help hospitals and nursing homes perform background checks...
Medicare Cuts to Nursing Homes
Nearly half of voters view Medicare cuts to nursing homes as the least acceptable way to pay for healthcare reform, according to a recently released poll conducted by The American Health Care Association. The poll also found that 66% of voters would be less likely to re-elect an official who...
Obesity associated with Brain Degeneration among Older People
New research from University of California, Los Angeles reveals that older obese people have brains that appear 16 years older than their peers who are of a healthy weight. Researchers examined the brains of 94 individuals aged 70-79. Overweight seniors had roughly 4% less brain tissue, and their brains aged...