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The answer to this question tells us much about our society. Do we recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by our parents and grandparents by providing the best possible care? Or, do we just barely provide the basics and “let the chips fall where they may”? My local newspaper, The Roanoke Times, is writing a…

Our local paper, the Roanoke Times, is doing a series of articles, interviews on our local aging population – services needed, how families cope etc. One cause for concern, is that our aging population is much higher than most other Virginia Cities – equal (in percentage) to Miami or St. Pete Fla. I have enjoyed…

Can you believe this report from Cincinnati, Ohio? Police Capt. Kimberly Frey found “fleas, flies and filth” at the nursing home and fellow officers agreed the conditions were worse than any crack house they had ever seen. Officials served an administrative search warrant at the Westside Health Care Nursing Home and the Terrace Independent &…

More than 21 million patients in North America receive general anesthesia each year, and thanks to increasing knowledge and sophisticated technology, the vast majority of anesthetic procedures are uneventful. However, a rare but serious adverse event is the explicit recall of sensory perceptions during general anesthesia, termed “awareness” or “intraoperative awareness.”The New England Journal of…

I wish this were a joke… Nursing Home Operator Sun Beats ExpectationsBy Vita ReedOrange County Business Journal Staff Nursing home and medical staffing company Sun Healthcare Group Inc. of Irvine California reported a fourth-quarter profit from continuing operations that beat analysts’ expectations. The Irvine-based health services company, which has nursing home, rehabilitation, hospice and medical…

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease in which the pancreas produces too little or no insulin, impairing the body’s ability to turn sugar into usable energy. Diabetes is “enormously prevalent” in nursing homes. One out of every four residents over the age of 65 is diagnosed with the disease, according to a new report from…

I received an email today – with the following News Alert: “Workers, residents’ family members confront Lazard execs over concerns at Atria Senior Living, protest outside investor meeting; demand better care, wagesWorkers and family members of elderly residents at Atria Senior Living centers confronted private equity owner Lazard’s executives outside their annual meeting of buyout…

This report comes to us from Connecticut but could be from any of our 50 states. Newsday reports that nursing homes in Connecticut have dispensed anti-psychotic drugs to residents who do not have psychotic disorders at one of the highest rates in the country in the past two years. Why you may ask would nursing…

Paul Taylor wrote an op-ed piece in today’s Roanoke Times entitled, “Healthy Living, Not Socialized Medicine.” Mr. Taylor’s article was in response to a previous article on the poor state of America’s current healthcare system and how we might look to France as a model for widespread health insurance coverage. Mr. Taylor cited many statistics…