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DEMENTIA LINKED TO OVARIAN SURGERY 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DEMENTIA LINKED TO OVARIAN SURGERY

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…

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AARP REPORT ON LONG TERM CARE 150 150 Dan Frith

AARP REPORT ON LONG TERM CARE

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…

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CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES PROHIBITS DOCTOR SELF REFERRAL 150 150 Dan Frith

CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES PROHIBITS DOCTOR SELF REFERRAL

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…

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2006 SURVEY OF NURSING HOME WORKFORCE SATISFACTION 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

2006 SURVEY OF NURSING HOME WORKFORCE SATISFACTION

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…

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NURSING HOME AIDE SENTENCED FOR SCALDING INCIDENT 150 150 Dan Frith

NURSING HOME AIDE SENTENCED FOR SCALDING INCIDENT

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.…

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WHAT’S IN A NAME? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

No, I am not talking about Shakespeare… I am talking about the names of various medical diagnosis – Dementia / Alzheimer’s Disease / Depression. What to these names mean, and do we use them inappropriately? Dan and I put on a seminar this Monday with a local Geriactric physician, Dr. Gary Oberlender. Dr. Oberlender shared…

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FORCING IN DOWN 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

FORCING IN DOWN

I have been trying to read a Virginia Blog every week – docwatch – today, the author reports about a south west Virginia nurse who recently lost her license (in June) when she forced liquids into a nursing home resident, while restraining the resident – the result, the resident started vomiting and had to be…

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MICHIGAN NURSING HOME PAYS FINE 150 150 Dan Frith

MICHIGAN NURSING HOME PAYS FINE

Northfield Place, a nursing home in the Whitmore Lake area, was one of four Michigan nursing homes under investigation for allegations of health care fraud and poor patient care, state and federal authorities said this week. Ciena Healthcare Management, the company that owns the four nursing homes and 26 others in Michigan, entered into a…

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WIDESPREAD NEGLECT LEADS TO MULITPLE CRIMINAL CHARGES 150 150 Dan Frith

WIDESPREAD NEGLECT LEADS TO MULITPLE CRIMINAL CHARGES

A former nursing home employee in Rochester, New York, became the 12th person to admit neglecting an elderly patient with dementia. Certified nurse’s assistant (CNA) Marguerite Carrington, 49, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors of second-degree falsifying business records and willful violation of health laws in connection with neglect of a patient at the former Jennifer…

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TENNESSEE RESIDENT FOUND TO HAVE MAGGOTS 150 150 Dan Frith

TENNESSEE RESIDENT FOUND TO HAVE MAGGOTS

It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this! A Tennessee Health Department investigation has revealed that a 91-year-old patient at Lakebridge Health Care Center in Johnson City had maggots in her ear because of a hygiene problem at the facility. Records show the unnamed woman suffered from dementia and needed assistance with dressing, eating and…

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NURSING HOME / LONG TERM CARE SEMINAR TOMORROW – MONDAY, AUG. 27, 2007 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NURSING HOME / LONG TERM CARE SEMINAR TOMORROW – MONDAY, AUG. 27, 2007

Roanoke, VA – Seminar, Open to the public, August 27, 2007 at 2:00pm at the Higher Education Center, downtown Roanoke. Topics to include: Resident’s Rights – What rights you loved one has in a Nursing Home; The Seven Deadly Sins of Nursing Homes (Common patient errors and what you can do to prevent them); and…

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WHY CAN’T I HAVE ACCESS TO EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS? 150 150 Dan Frith

WHY CAN’T I HAVE ACCESS TO EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS?

On August 20, the Wall Street Journal published letters to the editor addressing a previously published opinion piece by Ronald Trowbridge, an adjunct scholar with the Abigail Alliance, and Steven Walker, co-founder of the Alliance, about a decision earlier this month by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court…

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