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Camera Captures Violent Scene As Nurse Appears To Dump Elderly Wheelchair-Bound Patient On Floor, Leaves Her...Read article
Use the Stairs & Make Beautiful Music!
The Cyber Lion Grand Prix winner was "The Fun Theory," the DDB
Stockholm campaign for Volkswagen that featured a piano staircase
designed to encourage people to chose the steps over escalator powered
ascent out of the underground station...Read article
New Ads Try to Shock Men Into Going to See the Doctor
A darkly humorous ad campaign being
launched this week aims to tackle the serious issue of an aging
generation of men in denial of their health risks...
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Fear and Loathing at Allstate: New TV Ads Reflect "Mayhem" on Its Income Statement
Allstate (ALL) has mostly ditched the friendly face of actor Dennis Haysbert from its "in good hands" ads in favor of a character called "Mayhem" who shows up in your life at random - and trashes it...Read article
Why Relaxing Is Hard Work - You're on Vacation, but the Brain Is Wired to the Office; Some Tactics to Detach
The water's blue, the waves are
lapping. Geez, it's hot. Do I have enough sunscreen on? Why did I wear
this bathing suit? How long have we been here? I wonder what's
happening at the office. Have they finished that project? Where is that
cellphone? Wait, don't tell me there's no service! Read article
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| Nursing Home Programs to Alleviate Patient Delirium are not Effective, Study Finds
Delirium abatement programs do not reduce delirium in recently admitted nursing home patients, according to new research.
Researchers
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, performed a randomized
trial of delirium abatement programs at eight Massachusetts nursing
homes. More than 450 patients participated. Delirium abatement programs
consist of four steps: assessment for delirium within five days of
admission, assessment and correction of common reversible causes of
delirium, prevention of complications of delirium, and restoration of
function, according to the report...Read full article
Hypertension Strongest Predictor of Stroke (CME/CE)
There are 10 factors that appear to make up the vast majority of stroke risk, and half of those are modifiable, a large population study found. Hypertension appears to be the strongest predictor of stroke, along with smoking, abdominal obesity, diet...Read full article
MP3 Players Hurt Hearing at Least for a Time (CME/CE)
iPod users beware. Listening to an MP3 player for even an hour can induce short-term hearing loss, researchers affirmed. Compared with controls, hearing deterioration among MP3 users was 3.97 to 4.40 times more likely when listening to pop/rock music...Read full article
The Elderly, Through the Eyes of a Geriatrician
Twenty-five years later, Dr. Levine's moving portraits of older Americans have appeared on 30 covers of The Gerontologist, among other medical journals. "Aging Through a Physician's Lens," an exhibit of his work, was shown at the New York Academy of Medicine earlier this year and traveled to universities across the South. When he travels - to Japan, Australia, Mexico, Portugal, and Peru next - he asks guides to help him meet the oldest folks in town...Read full article
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When Foreclosure Threatens Elder-Care Homes
In September 2009, Sgt. Rick Turini of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office drove to a house in San Jose to carry out a court-ordered eviction. With foreclosures in Bay Area counties near all-time highs, the office had been routinely evicting 35 to 40 households a week. But this property was different: It was a board-and-care home for the elderly...Read full article
State Lawyers Denied Access to Patients
New York State's highest court has refused to order nursing homes to give state lawyers access to hundreds of psychiatric patients so they can advocate for their rights to treatment alternatives, living conditions or even release. The Court of Appeals, divided 4 to 3, concluded last week that because the state's Office of Mental Health had decided not to license the nursing homes, lawyers for the Mental Hygiene Legal Service lacked jurisdiction there...Read full article
2-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Sunrise Senior Living?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 165,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, senior home operator Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ) has received a distressing two-star ranking...Read full article
Brookdale Senior Living secures $117M mortgage
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. said Tuesday that it has secured a $117 million first mortgage loan from Berkadia Commercial Mortgage and Fannie Mae. The loan is a 10-year term with a fixed interest rate of 5.98 percent. The company also repaid $119 million in debt that was set to mature next year. The new mortgage is secured by 15 properties that backed the loans that were repaid and four other properties. Shares of Brookdale rose 35 cents, or 2.1 percent, to $16.85 in midday trading.
AdCare Health Systems to Lease Five Nursing Homes in Georgia, Adding $36 Million in Annualized Revenue
AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (AMEX:ADK - News), an Ohio-based long-term care, home care and management company, has signed a definitive agreement to lease five privately held nursing homes in South Georgia. These five facilities, which on aggregate have 615 beds that generate approximately $36 million in annualized revenue, are to be leased under a five-year term from the owner and debtor in possession with approval from a bankruptcy referee in Georgia. The agreement includes an extension option for an additional five years...Read full article
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Investigation of Acquisition of Odyssey Healthcare, Inc. by Gentiva Health Services, Inc.
Bernstein Liebhard LLP is investigating whether the Board of Directors of Odyssey Healthcare, Inc. ("Odyssey Healthcare") (Nasdaq: ODSY - News) breached its fiduciary duty to its shareholders in agreeing to sell Odyssey Healthcare to Gentiva Health Services, Inc. ("Gentiva") (Nasdaq: GTIV - News). Under the terms of the agreement, Odyssey Healthcare shareholders will receive $27 in cash for each share they own, placing the total value of the transaction at approximately $1 billion. The companies expect to close the deal in the third quarter of 2010. The investigation is focused on the potential unfairness of the price to Odyssey Healthcare shareholders and the process by which the Odyssey Healthcare Board of Directors considered and approved the transaction.
Report: Insurers Inaccurately Process Many Electronic Claims
One in five electronic medical claims is incorrectly processed by health insurers, according to the American Medical Association's annual health insurer report card. The report finds that eliminating all inaccurate claims processing could generate $15.5 billion in administrative cost savings for the U.S. health care system. Chicago Tribune.
Final Rule Issued for Temporary EHR Certification Program
Today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released a final rule on a temporary program designed to help ONC select organizations to certify electronic health records under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package. ONC said it expects to release a final rule on the permanent EHR certification program this fall. Healthcare IT News.
Emeritus Senior Living Partners with Fit Brains to Further Develop Brain Health Lifestyle
Emeritus Senior Living (NYSE: ESC - News), a national provider of assisted living and Alzheimer's and related dementia care services to seniors, has partnered with Fit Brains, an online gaming site that offers visitors a variety of games developed to improve brain health, which is an area of focus for Emeritus Senior Living. The Fit Brains games, which are offered on the Emeritus website, were developed by brain health experts and proven to improve brain function while targeting the five major cognitive brain functions - memory, concentration, language, executive functions and visual-spatial skills...Read full article
Television's Losing their Young Audience ...and Reaching the Older (to Google & Apple)
The median age of prime-time television viewers is nearing 51 years old. More than half of all prime-time viewers are outside of that most desired demographic of 18-49. Television is no longer the most efficient medium of massive reach...It has become the medium to reach the most OLDER people. The rate at which young people are turning away from TV is greater than the rate at which old people are passing on. Video platforms that don't involve TV -- YouTube, iPhone, iPad, etc. --continue to seize share from the networks that primarily reach older people. Young people watch video- but not on television. Cisco predicts that by 2013 90% of all Web traffic will be generated by video.
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If You Loved ER...Well How About EHR?
We may not know where Obama's Health Care plan's going - (betcha he doesn't either!) but do know that all things medicine and healthcare are moving - electronically! No matter where one turns, the message is quickly brought home to the Medical and LTC, Rehab & Home Care universe:"Use It! Or Lose It!"...Whether its government incentives or other means of cogent persuasion - the sense of urgency to EHR is acute! Ad Lib's account executives have been allocating steeper time curves to the development of Health Care related sites - and, particularly, to EHR.
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As you know we are facing a critical change with the advent of MDS 3.0 and the QIS survey implementation in October of 2010!
Healthcare Compliance Group is here to help you make that transition an easy one. We offer MDS training on site as well as our upcoming Webinar on July 20,2010 on MDS Changes! As always we look forward to providing excellence in the quality of life of our residents and compliance for the clients we serve! Please contact us at Ruthwest@optonline.net or call us at 516-352-2037 for a list of our services!!! Or visit our website at Hccgrp.com
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 Eileen Parenti on Life-Threatening Pharmaceutical Errors
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To Err is Human... To Ignore May Lead to
Death
Medication Errors - F 332-the facility must assure that it is
free of medication error rates of 5 % or greater. F333 states the facility must
assure that residents are free of any significant medication errors. According to studies drug errors are so common and prevalent
in hospitals, nursing homes and long-term care facilities that it has been
estimated that an average of one mistake per patient per day is made. It is
estimated that there are 800,000 medication errors in long term care settings
alone. Many of the errors may not lead to serious injury however it takes just
one serious error to lead to a disability or death. All medications should be considered equally as important which
would include OTC's, herbal supplements, vitamins and minerals...Read the full blog entry here
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