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Well – some of them do at least…. and I think thats great. They should make more, but EVERYONE should – the CNA’s / Med Techs – especially the care givers. Article here: August 22 2007Nursing home operators value good nursing leaders, the latest results from the nation’s most in-depth nursing-home survey indicate. The national…

Many elderly experience cognitive decline as they age and sometimes the cognitive decline progresses to dementia. Dementia is defined as a significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Nursing home residents suffering from dementia require a proper treatment plan which reduces the risks of…

Folks, my law firm represent nursing home residents and their families in cases of abuse and neglect against the nursing home industry. We have written many articles in Legal Medicine about the horrendous care provided to some residents. We have also written here, and on our firm’s web site about the dangers of signing admission…

A survey taken the weekend before Hurricane Katrina struck showed that more than half of the homes questioned had decided against evacuating. But a jury hearing the case against the owners of a home where 35 patients died in Katrina’s floods may never see the document. The trial judge ruled the document could be admitted,…

Read all about it here – http://docwatch.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/roanoke-pharmacist-gives-it-up/

My local paper printed an article from the AP yesterday, Early ovarian surgery linked to dementia By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer. Read the full article here. Mr. Ritter writes that “women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life – unless…

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) recently published its biennial report covering the many facets of long-term care and independent living in America. Published biennially since 1992 by the AARP Public Policy Institute, the Across the States series was developed to help inform policy discussions among public and private sector leaders in long-term care…

On August 27, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final regulations prohibiting physicians from referring Medicare patients for certain items, services and tests provided by businesses in which they or their immediate family members have a financial interest. These rules protect beneficiaries from receiving services they may not need and the Medicare…

We get a magazine called NURSING HOMES, Long Term Care Management – a periodical written for long term care administrators. This month, in their monthly section called A VIEW ON WASHINGTON, the magazine cites a 2006 sruvey done by MyInnerView, taken of current long term care employees, regarding job satisfaction etc. While 60% of employees…

A former Tulsa, Oklahoma nursing home aide has been sentenced to six years in prison for scalding two disabled residents. Paula Drew was a nurse’s aide at the Green Park Nursing and Rehab Center. She allegedly placed each resident in an overheated shower last March without checking the water temperature. Both residents suffered severe burns.…