Medicare beneficiaries now can research nursing homes and determine their coverage options from their smartphones or tablets, thanks to a Medicare website redesign.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it spent two years researching user trends of its notoriously difficult-to-navigate website in order to make it easier for beneficiaries,...
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Senior Hunger a Well Kept Secret (VIDEO)
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Senior Hunger a Well Kept Secret
Senior hunger is an issue seldom talked about. The Meals On Wheels Research Foundation (MOWRF) has commissioned a series of annual reports detailing the state of senior hunger in the U.S. The 2010 research report is a follow up to the 2008 and 2009 research studies. Here are some facts:...
The Granny Pod – Good Idea of Bad (VIDEO)
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The Granny Pod – Good Idea of Bad
This is reprinted from my Friday about.com blog. MEDCottage also known as a Granny Pod is a mini mobile home that you park in the backyard, hook it up to your water and electricity, and it becomes a free-standing spare room for mom and dad. While introduced a couple of...
For-Profit Nursing Homes – Yet Another Study Suggests Poorer Quality than Counterparts
Profit or patient? Yet another study, this one by the University of California at San Francisco research team led by Charlene Harrington, RN, Ph.D., and backed by the Service Employees International Union, suggests that lower levels of nursing staff in large for-profit nursing home chains have resulted in substantially lower...
For-Profit Nursing Homes ÛÒ Yet Another Study Suggests Poorer Quality than Counterparts
Profit or patient? Yet another study, this one by the University of California at San Francisco research team led by Charlene Harrington, RN, Ph.D., and backed by the Service Employees International Union, suggests that lower levels of nursing staff in large for-profit nursing home chains have resulted in substantially lower...
For-Profit Nursing Homes äóñ Yet Another Study Suggests Poorer Quality than Counterparts
Profit or patient? Yet another study, this one by the University of California at San Francisco research team led by Charlene Harrington, RN, Ph.D., and backed by the Service Employees International Union, suggests that lower levels of nursing staff in large for-profit nursing home chains have resulted in substantially lower...
Medicare Rules Too Stringent Courts Find
Federal courts in Pennsylvania and Vermont have ruled that the Obama administration’s Medicare standards are too stringent when it comes to deciding if a patient is eligible for skilled nursing home care or home health. The Federal District Court in Pittsburgh disagreed with Medicare’s decision to terminate coverage of an...