Long Term Care News

Reverse mortgages have existed in one form or another since the 1960s, but the modern version is just now beginning to enter public awareness as a viable debt instrument for homeowners.

This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program - seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford.

FOCUS ON: RWJF Future of Nursing Initiative Those of us who've been in practice for a long time ask the question,"What is the future of nursing?" I am happy to say that the Institute of Medicine in Collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has established a major initiative on the Future of Nursing.

Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes, Democratic officials say.

A senior Democratic leadership aide says legislation headed to the U.S. Senate floor would extend health care coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade.

Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes, Democratic officials say.

Long term care is a critical issue as more and more baby boomers reach retirement age.

Wisconsin's expanded Medicaid program that provides health care coverage for qualifying uninsured families, children and single adults.

17 that it entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its healthcare net lease portfolio to Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

Anne Andolina has been suffering from diabetes for 34 years, but until she became a resident at the Hurlbut Nursing Facility in Brighton, she didn't know how to control it.

" It's about priorities. In a year without a global pandemic in play, the seasonal flu would be on the public health hit list.

Omnicare, Inc. , a leading provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly, announced today that it will participate in the Sixth Annual Lazard Capital Markets Healthcare Conference on November 17 at 1:40 p.m. EST in New York, New York.

Bikes Belong named Minneapolis-based Colle+McVoy as its agency of record. ... Multiply, Minneapolis, redesigned and developed a Web site for information-technology business solutions company Accelare.

Media Matters has the astounding story of two Republican women accusing the Democrats of being anti-woman in the healthcare plan.

AUGUSTA – Two more deaths have been reported linked to H1N1 influenza in Maine, bringing the total to five since August, and a Kennebec County long-term care facility is experiencing an outbreak of H1N1, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control.

LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Kronos Incorporated today announced a major restructuring of its workforce to more effectively address business challenges of its customer base.

Minnesota's long-term care facilities face a substantial gap between the rates paid by Medicaid for nursing home residents and the actual cost of providing care.

Share + Nov 12, 2009 2:41 pm US/Central Minnesota health officials reported six more swine flu deaths and one more from an undetermined flulike illness on Thursday, but said overall flu activity in the state dipped again.

Al Ain, Nov 12th, 2009 : The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company today inaugurated its new Ambulatory Healthcare Center to cater to the Al Muwaiji Community in Al Ain.

Ontario's hodge-podge of different consent forms for people seeking the H1N1 flu vaccine has raised concerns for Ontario's information and privacy commissioner.