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Feds Order More Weekend Inspections Of Nursing Homes To Catch Understaffing
Medicare instructs inspectors to look for staffing inadequacies in homes that report suspiciously low numbers of registered nurses and weekend workers.
Dementia And Guns: When Should Doctors Broach The Topic?
As the number of Americans with dementia rises, health professionals grapple with how to talk to patients about gun safety at home.
Will Maine Voters Decide To Make Aging In Place Affordable?
A ballot initiative in Maine proposes that free home care services be available to all residents who need help with at least 鈥渙ne daily activity.鈥
Readers And Tweeters Slice And Dice Precision Medicine, Step Therapy
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Assisted Living Kicks Out The Frail 鈥機ause 鈥榃e Can鈥檛 Take Care Of You Any Longer鈥
Is there anything families can do to fight these evictions?
Crear rituales para honrar a los muertos en los centros de vida asistida
Nuevos programas de ayuda abordan un problema pocas veces tratado: el dolor de amigos de residencia y personal cuando muere un adulto mayor en un centro de vida asistida.
Creating Rituals To Honor The Dead At Long-Term Care Facilities
Death and its companion, grief, are often ignored at nursing homes and assisted living centers. Yet ignoring the loss can lead to depression, staff burnout and other problems.
Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Ask Us Anything!
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico answer listeners鈥 questions about health policy and politics.
C贸mo aprender a vivir bien con demencia
Dos expertas ofrecen estrategias y cambios simples para poder transitar esta etapa de la vida del ser querido protegi茅ndolo y ayudando a todo el entorno familiar.
Learning To Live Well With Dementia
Two leading experts on caring for people with Alzheimer鈥檚 offer ways to make life better for patients and their caregivers.
How Genetic Tests Muddy Your Odds Of Getting A Long-Term-Care Policy
Federal law bars insurers from using these test results for health coverage, but they can influence whether you get a plan covering long-term care.
Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns
As more Americans are diagnosed with dementia, families who have firearms struggle with ways to stay safe. A KHN investigation uncovered dozens of cases of deaths and injuries.
Sin seguro y cargada: familias confrontan la demencia y las armas
A la discusi贸n sobre la portaci贸n de armas, se suma un escenario al que se le ha prestado poca atenci贸n: 驴qu茅 pasa en los hogares en donde hay armas y una persona con demencia?
KHN Conversation On Living Well With Dementia
Listen and learn from this Kaiser Health News鈥 Facebook Live event. 鈥淣avigating Aging鈥 columnist Judith Graham led a discussion about dementia, one of the most challenging chronic conditions for individuals and their families 鈥 which affects millions of American families.
Infection Lapses Rampant In Nursing Homes But Punishment Is Rare
A Kaiser Health News analysis of federal inspection records shows that nursing home inspectors labeled mistakes in infection control as serious for only 161 of the 12,056 homes they have cited since 2014.
When Nursing Homes Push Out Poor And Disabled Patients
Complaints are rising in California and other states about improper evictions and discharges. Advocates say some patients end up in cheap hotels, homeless or back in the hospital.
Why One Insurer鈥檚 Collapse Could Whack Insurers, Policyholders Across the Country
Little-known rules require all health insurance companies to help pay claims when any one of them fails. Penn Treaty failed big 鈥 and insurers around the country are likely to pass those costs onto policyholders.
C贸mo tener atenci贸n m茅dica de largo plazo en el hogar sin caer en bancarrota
La gran mayor铆a de los adultos mayores reciben atenci贸n a largo plazo en sus casas, no en hogares. Pero pocas personas planean con anticipaci贸n para enfrentar este gasto.
How To Get Long-Term Care At Home Without Busting The Bank
The majority of older adults receive long-term care at home and need help covering these services with affordable insurance policies. The long-term聽 insurance industry needs to focus on home care.
Nursing Homes Move Into The Insurance Business
Although proponents say the policies offered by nursing homes are more attuned to patients, some report frustrations when trying to dispute care decisions.
