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| Long-Term Care: Obama vs. McCain (Source: New York Times) Blog: much of what the elderly need is not advanced medical interventions, but assistance with ADLs. | 8/28/2008 |
| Innovative CA Hospice May Suffer Cutbacks (Source: San Francisco Chronicle) Laguna Honda hospice has become a teaching model for doctors, nurses and divinity students across the country. | 8/28/2008 |
| Older Patients Less Likely to Be Taken to Trauma Centers (Source: HHS) Authors of new study say aim is to generate awareness of the problem. | 8/28/2008 |
| Living Longer, in Good Health to the End (Source: New York Times) Long-term studies show that how people live accounts for more than half the difference in how hale and hearty they will remain until very near the end. | 8/28/2008 |
| War Veterans' Concussions are Often Overlooked (Source: New York Times) The complications from concussions, a signature injury of the Iraq war, often are not recognized in singular ways. | 8/27/2008 |
| CMS: MDS 2.0 versus MDS 3.0 Comparison Crosswalk Draft Available (Source: McKnight's Long-Term Care News) Now posted on CMS website. | 8/27/2008 |
| Final Medicare No-Pay Rule Targets 10 Hospital-Acquired Conditions (Source: AMA) Physicians had called for the reform to include only condition categories that can be eliminated through evidence-based practices. | 8/27/2008 |
| Report Faults Medicare Audits (Source: Washington Post) Agency missed many payment errors, HHS review finds | 8/27/2008 |
| Uninsured to Spend $30 Billion, Study Says (Source: Wall Street Journal) Study is likely to spark debate on health-care reform and rising health costs. | 8/26/2008 |
| Drugs to Reverse Alzheimer's Disease Prove Elusive (Source: Los Angeles Times) Drugs to Reverse Alzheimer's Disease Prove Elusive (Source: Los Angeles Times) | 8/26/2008 |
| Medicare Web Site Confounds Many Seniors (Source: HHS) Confusing information, complex language makes site hard to use, researchers say. | 8/26/2008 |
| Elderly Evictions and the New Language of Health Care (Source: New York Times) More reaction to Wall Street Journal article about shift of focus to short-term rehab. | 8/26/2008 |
| Seniors in Insurance Gap Stop Taking Medicine (Source: USA Today) Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when facing the "doughnut hole." | 8/25/2008 |
| New Election Poll Looks at Problems Paying for Health Care Due to Recent Economic Conditions (Source: Kaiser Family Foundation) Survey: health care ranks as a "serious problem," above paying for food. | 8/25/2008 |
| Obese Beneficiaries Weigh Down Medicare, Study Finds (Source: McKnight's Long-Term Care News) Overweight seniors cost more under Medicare than their thinner counterparts | 8/25/2008 |
| New Reasons to Avoid Mixing Juice and Medicine (Source: New York Times) Study: grapefruit, orange and apple juices may block the effects of some drugs, wiping out any potential benefit to patients. | 8/25/2008 |
