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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Gifts for Nursing Home Patients
I don’t usually take kindly to people selling in their blogs but I came across a unique one that actually does a great service. It is a gift basket company that devoted a post to talking about appropriate gifts to by loved ones in nursing homes. It is worth a...
Nursing Home Watch List
Senator Charles Grassley is proposing a new “watch list” for nursing homes that aren’t meeting federal health and safety standards. “That would include nursing homes that yo-yo in and out of compliance by using grace periods to correct deficiencies, but only then on a temporary basis,” Grassley says. The public...
Hospital and Nursing Home Infections
Pennsylvania‘s hospitals and nursing homes would be required to promptly report patient infections to state authorities and take measures to reduce such infections under a bill sent to Gov. Ed Rendell on Saturday. The measure is intended to reduce insurance premiums by requiring more stringent measures to monitor for and...