Automatic Website Traffic RSS
Costly Rehab For The Dying Is On The Rise At Nursing Homes A Study Says | AutoTraffic
Study: More nursing homes pushing dying patients into excessive rehab
A recent URMC study shows an increasing number of nursing homes across New York State are pushing patients in their final months of life to do excessive amounts of rehabilitation. The study ...
read more
Nursing Homes Are Pushing the Dying Into Pricey Rehab
Elderly residents given intensive therapy in the last weeks of life jumped 65 percent, a study shows, raising questions about financial incentives.
read more
NEW STUDY SAYS THAT LOS ANGELES IS THE LEADER IN COSTLY CARE FOR DYING
Los Angeles County Hospitals spend more on care for dying elderly patients than other medical centers throughout California, a new Dartmouth Medical School Study says.
read more
Study claims nursing homes increasingly pushing residents into ...
A new study contends that nursing homes may be pushing dying patients into unnecessary and potentially harmful high-intensity rehab services. Providers defended the system Wednesday.
read more
High-cost rehab for dying seniors up 65% among some nursing homes
For the study, researchers from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York examined data from 647 nursing home facilities in New York and 55,691 long-stay deceased ...
read more
Study: Nursing homes increasingly pushing pat | EurekAlert!
A new study reveals a growing trend of potentially unnecessary -- and harmful -- high intensity rehabilitation services for residents of nursing homes. The study finds that this trend, which may ...
read more
Should nursing home workers with COVID stay on the job? This study says ...
Sending home nursing home employees with mild COVID may lead to worse resident outcomes than allowing those employees to work while masked.
read more
Many nursing homes feed residents on less than $10 a day: ‘That’s ...
“You can’t feed anyone on less than $10 a day,” said a Harvard professor who studies nursing homes. Is anyone watching?
read more
Dying In A Hospital Means More Procedures, Tests And Costs
Hospital deaths are more expensive and intrusive than deaths at home, in hospice care or even in nursing homes. Financial incentives favor more care, even when it's not always wanted.
read more
Most senior citizens in America can't afford nursing homes
As many as 80% of aging adults in America lack the financial resources to pay for two years of nursing home care or four years of an assisted living community.
read more
Subscribe to RSS Feed