Fed Up With Insurance, Doctors Bolt the System to Get More Patient Time
(By David Gorn, KQED for NPR) Dr. Lorraine Page, believe it or not, makes housecalls. One place she makes calls
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Aging
Teaching In-Home Caregivers Seems To Pay Off
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Low-income Californians who are elderly and disabled were less likely to go to
Read MoreWhat Happens to Developmentally Disabled as Parents Age, Die?
(By Jen Fifield for The PEW Charitable Trusts) ROCKVILLE, Md. — Ever since she was 4, when a caregiver force-fed
Read MoreAssisted Living Residents With Dementia Prone To Abusing Others, Study Finds
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Assisted living residents who abuse other residents or staff are likely to have
Read MoreSyncing Up Drug Refills: A Way To Get Patients To Take Their Medicine
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) You have your red pill and your green pill. There’s the one you
Read MoreElderly Hospital Patients Arrive Sick, Often Leave Disabled
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) SAN FRANCISCO — Janet Prochazka was active and outspoken, living by herself and
Read MoreStop undertreating Alzheimer’s disease
(By Gary W. Small for ST A T) A lzheimer’s disease has gained a reputation as a disorder we can’t
Read MoreLong-Term Care Is An Immediate Problem — For The Government
(By Anna Gorman and Barbara Feder Ostrov for Kaiser Health News) Donna Nickerson spent her last working years as the
Read MoreAlzheimer’s researchers seethe over years of missteps after latest drug failure
(By Sharon Begley for ST A T) I n the wake of disappointing results this week for yet another experimental
Read MoreUpdating Quality Standards for Nursing Homes.
With Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services set to release their final rule updating quality standards for nursing homes in
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