Articles on "Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers"
Nursing Home Resident Speaks Out
Anyone who thinks nursing home residents are helpless and unable to speak up for themselves never met Donna Parisi. Her voice works fine. In fact, she’s hoping it will be heard all the way in Washington, where federal officials are reviewing sweeping changes proposed for New Jersey’s nursing home industry. The former teacher, who uses a wheelchair, is leading the rebellion against the state’s plan to further privatize its Medicaid program. She has spent hours trying to enlist local politicians [...]
Study Reveals Detroit Nursing Home Crisis
Nineteen of Detroit’s 32 nursing homes must upgrade or install sprinkler systems by next summer to be certified and continue to receive the funding they need to stay open, according to a new study on aging, long-term care and dying. The same study, as detailed in Sunday’s Free Press, portends an increasing need for nursing home care for city residents. The study, which will be released today by the Detroit Area Agency on Aging, is titled “Dying Before Their Time.” [...]
Aging Expert Discusses How to Talk with Parents About Moving Into Nursing Home, End-of-Life Wishes
As far as conversations with parents go, talking with them about moving into a nursing home and other end-of-life issues may be the hardest. “The first time talking about this is going to be really, really hard because it’s a painful subject to think about,” said Gayle Doll, assistant professor in Kansas State University’s College of Human Ecology and director of the Center on Aging. “However, it is also one of the most important conversations you can have.” An expert [...]
34 Year Old Shares Perspective of Nursing Home
A 34 year old editor for a non-profit shares her experience of living in a nursing home for a month. She lost her ability to walk after a bout with a rare blood disorder. Read article
National Nursing Home Week 2012 – Celebrating the Journey
Celebrating the Journey is the theme for National Nursing Home Week® 2012. Throughout the week, skilled nursing care centers nationwide will plan events to honor the lives — and milestones — of the people they care for and the staff who serve them. Celebrating the Journey reminds us that every life should be honored, every life’s story needs to be told and that every day we have the chance to begin writing a new chapter. Whether the day is filled [...]
Study Finds Accreditation Improves Safety Culture at Nursing Homes
Research appears in May issue of Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety Accredited nursing homes report a stronger resident safety culture than nonaccredited facilities, according to a new study published in the May 2012 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. The study shows that senior managers at more than 4,000 facilities across the U.S. identify Joint Commission accreditation as a positive influence on patient safety issues such as staffing, teamwork, training, nonpunitive responses [...]
Pennsylvania Nursing Homes are in crisis
www.publicopiniononline.com reports that Pennsylvania Nursing Homes are in crisis, the article quotes Dr. Stuart H. Shapiro, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA), “Two-thirds of Pennsylvania’s nursing home residents are on Medicaid, and for each one of them, a nursing home loses an average of $19.23 a day. These shortfalls are unsustainable.” According to PHCA: Staffing a nursing home around the clock makes up 70 percent of nursing home expenditures. At the same time, nursing homes are highly [...]
39 homes with perfect ratings in US News Honor Roll
U.S. News Best Nursing Homes aims to make one of life’s most difficult decisions a little easier. For the 3.3 million Americans who move into a nursing home each year, and for their caregivers and loved ones, the realization that a move is inevitable can be just the beginning of an agonizing process: figuring out where to go. Everyone deserves a home that will take care of their health needs and treat them with dignity. But only some nursing homes [...]
Triumphing Through Four Tours and Three Nursing & Rehabilitation Admissions
In addition to the two terms he proudly served in WWII, along with three in North Korea, one might be surprised to learn that Raymond Miller has triumphed through three rehabilitation admissions. Between the two wars, Raymond served in the Army for 21 years. In addition to his education and training for joining the infantry, he learned to become a cook, baker, supervisor and instructor for the Army. As a bread and pastry baker, Raymond trained to set up and [...]
Abington House at Foulkeways Retirement Community Goes Caribbean
By Nancy Nolan It was the end of a long day when Mary Knapp, Director of Health Services, got an email from a bathtub vendor to enter a contest and “win a one-of-a-kind, pink spa tub, made in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 2011.” The Mastercare manufacturer was asking healthcare providers to submit stories that described how they supported breast cancer awareness within their community. Having just completed her annual budget planning meetings, where a State mandate forced [...]
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