Articles on "Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers"
Dominic Chianese to Perform at Nursing Home, Pays Tribute to Friend
Dominic Chianese, known to his fans as “Uncle Junior” on the HBO TV Series The Sopranos, was performing at The Methodist Home of DC when he heard a loud voice joining with him from across the room. “When Dominic was singing, one of the things that he emphasized was to sing along with him.” Linda Moreno, Director of Therapeutic Recreation at the Methodist Home recounts Dominic Chianese’s first visit to the assisted living and nursing home facility. “Everyone was singing, [...]
Medicare Paid Billions to Sub-Standard Nursing Homes
Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found. The report, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general, said Medicare paid about $5.1 billion for patients to stay in skilled nursing facilities that failed to meet federal quality of care rules in 2009, in some cases resulting in dangerous and neglectful conditions. One out of every three times patients [...]
Website Summarizes Nursing Home Inspections
Consumers overwhelmed by the prospect of selecting a nursing home now have a new online tool to help them make choices based on government inspections. Nursing Home Inspect 2.0 is a free database that helps users evaluate nursing homes in their area or anywhere in the country. ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative news organization, launched the updated site database today. ProPublica first introduced the tool in August, but the new database has more features, including information about federal fines imposed on [...]
People on the Move – Mt. Vernon Nursing & Rehab – Nancy Chila
Virginia Health Care Association Awards Nancy Chila Director of Nursing of the Year The Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (MVNRC) announced that Nancy Chila, RN, BS, has been named Nursing Director of the Year by the Virginia Health Care Association (VHCA) in recognition of her role in facilitating MVNRC’s transition from long term care for the chronically ill to an emphasis on post-acute care and rehabilitation. At MVNRC Nancy introduced and implemented systems and processes for survey readiness, risk [...]
Confusion in the storm: Alzheimer’s patient refused to evacuate
NBC News reports that amid the chaos of superstorm Sandy, an 89-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease rebuffed rescuers’ efforts and refused to evacuate her New Jersey home this week, raising questions about her safety — and about the dilemma posed by dementia patients during a disaster. Caregivers from a home care agency had taken Helen Gatanis, who lives in Salem County, to a local nursing home for care early Monday. But when the woman with mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease realized where [...]
Across the States 2012: Profiles of Long-Term Services and Supports
Across the States 2012: Profiles of Long-Term Services and Supports is the ninth edition of the AARP Public Policy Institute’s state long-term services and supports reference report. Published for the past 18 years, the Across the States series was developed to help inform policy discussions among public and private sector leaders in long-term services and supports throughout the United States. Across the States 2012 presents comparable state-level and national data for more than 140 indicators, drawn together from a wide [...]
Administrator Asks “Why Can’t Nursing Home Residents Take a Vacation?”
Denver Post article details a touching and innovative story about 18 residents of two Denver nursing homes: A 10-day road trip through the American Southwest, from Denver to San Diego. The road trip was the brainchild of Tammy Kendall, administrator at Denver North Care Center. She was on vacation in Jamaica, taking a shower, when she had an epiphany: “Why can’t folks in a nursing home go on a vacation?” she asked herself. Since 1995, she’d taken nursing home residents [...]
Dr. Bill Thomas, The Green House Project Founder, New Book Reading/Signing
Join Dr. Bill Thomas in Baltimore for a reading of his new post-apocalyptic novel Tribes of Eden, hosted by GEDCO at Stadium Place Sept. 13 at 5:30 p.m. The reading is open to the public in the Ednor Apartments II at Stadium Place, 1050 E. 33rd St. — seating is limited, please RSVP by contacting Ted Gross (tgross@gedco.org; 410-243-0188). Thomas said the novel is inspired by his life’s work as a self-proclaimed “nursing home abolitionist” seeking to change the way society views aging. Thomas is [...]
Medicare Studying Payment to Nursing Homes Based On Quality
KaiserHealth reports that The Affordable Care Act directs Medicare to create a national incentive pay program for nursing homes. althought it appears to be several years away, according to a recent report to Congress. First, the government needs to analyze results from its three-year “Nursing Home Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration” project, which ended July 1. Initial results from the project’s first year are being analyzed and appear mixed, with facilities in three states showing varying levels of performance, according to researchers. [...]
CMS Updates Nursing Home and Hospital Compare Websites
Information Week reports that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) redesigned its Hospital Compare and Nursing Home Compare websites, allowing patients and their families to navigate more efficiently and find important information such as data from nursing home inspections and other quality measures. The article quotes Shari M. Ling, MD, CMS’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, “The refinements improve the experience of navigation for the general public and also provide additional data that gives Americans more relevant information when [...]
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