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How does one person or one family get the attention of the nursing home Administrator or Director of Nursing to deal with poor care in the facility? Remember – the squeaky wheel gets the oil….and the bigger the squeak the more the oil! Just what are we talking about? We are talking about forming a…

You have seen the bill boards haven’t you? You know…the ones which read “Need a Doctor and Don’t Know Who to Call”…or “Need a Medical Specialist, We Can Help?” These bill boards are put up by your local hospitals and, while trying to give the appearance of helping the consumers of medical care, are really…

Most families have to make nursing home decisions when something tragic has already occurred – a fall, a stroke, dementia diagnosis, etc. What if all the 65 years olds in Virginia (1) made a will; (2) appointed a health care power of attorney; (3) consulted with a financial planner re: how to pay for long…

Article in today’s Washington PostSunrise Chief to Step Down as Chairman Sunrise Senior Living chief executive Paul J. Klaassen is stepping down as chairman, one of several governance changes announced yesterday, two years after the company disclosed accounting irregularities and came under fire for management practices.Sunrise, of McLean, also said it risked being delisted from…

Article in Today’s Washington Post: By Rob Stein, reports on a new study published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, that “More than 5 million elderly people have a hard time remembering things, sorting through daily decisions and even sometimes knowing what day it is, according to the first national estimate of how commonly the…

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…