News tagged with home care
Few studies delve into hospice care in nursing homes
A new evidence review finds that there’s scant high-quality research on the best comprehensive strategies for nursing homes hoping to ease the suffering of older patients through hospice care.
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Aging in place preserves seniors' independence, reduces care costs, researchers find
America's 75 million aging adults soon will face decisions about where and how to live as they age. Current options for long-term care, including nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, are costly and ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Care home error rate of liquid medicine doses 4 times higher than pills
Care home residents are more than four times as likely to get the wrong dose of medicine when it is in liquid form as they are when given pills/capsules provided in a dispenser, indicates research published online in BMJ Qu ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Tablet splitting is a highly inaccurate and potentially dangerous practice, says drug study
Medical experts have issued a warning about the common practice of tablet splitting, after a study found that nearly a third of the split fragments deviated from recommended dosages by 15 per cent or more.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Hospice care increasing for nursing home patients with dementia
A new study of nursing home records shows more residents with dementia are seeking a hospice benefit and using it longer. The study also estimates that 40 percent of nursing home residents die with some degree of dementia. ...
Dec 15, 2010 |
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New entitlement program not a replacement for long-term care insurance
An obscure provision in the health care reform bill has the potential to seriously alter the long-term care landscape for older Americans, but it may not be as beneficial to retirees as it will be for near-retirees and successive ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Medical home care approach improves efficiency and care at clinic for low-income families
Implementing a Medical Home practice model in a health clinic allows physicians and staff to provide comprehensive care to more patients, and to offer preventive programs and services. This can improve patients' compliance ...
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Homecare after hip surgery in seniors increases survival rate
Seniors who received home care after discharge from hospital for partial hip surgery (hemiarthroplasty) were 43% less likely to die in the three months following the procedure, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Poll finds most Californians unprepared for costs of long-term care
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fifty-eight percent of registered California voters age 40 and older feel unprepared to pay for services if they could no longer care for themselves and needed long-term care.
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Hispanic elderly more likely than whites to live in inferior nursing homes
Hispanic senior citizens are living in nursing homes in ever-increasing numbers, but they face a gap in their quality of care compared to white residents, according to new research from Brown University.
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Medical home gives patients better primary care at no more cost
A one-year evaluation at Group Health Cooperative is the first to demonstrate the measurable benefit to both patients and staff when a primary care practice adopts a "patient-centered medical home" model. This model gives ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Telehealth for diabetes promotes aging at home, not in the hospital
A large study of ethnically and racially diverse individuals with diabetes has found that home telemonitoring of their health resulted in significantly fewer deaths than in a similar group that was not monitored. Diabetes ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Hospital at-home programs provide similar patient outcomes
For select patients, hospital at home treatment produces similar outcomes to inpatient care at similar or lower costs, found a study by researchers from the United Kingdom and Italy to be published in CMAJ. ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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