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Costly Rehab for the Dying Is on the Rise at Nursing Homes, a Study Says

Nursing home residents on the verge of death are increasingly receiving intense levels of rehabilitation therapy in their final weeks and days, raising questions about whether such services are ... read more

Meth, Opioid Use in Pregnancy on the Rise

Furthermore, the study provides compelling data that underscores the lack of addiction treatment resources for women of childbearing ... Using amphetamine during pregnancy increases the odds of moms ... read more

High-cost rehab for dying seniors up 65% among some nursing homes

For the study, researchers from the University ... At the same time, the treatment has significant financial benefits for facilities. "There's a possibility that nursing homes know a patient is ... read more

Big money in nursing home therapy, but is all the treatment necessary?

Nursing homes in California – and notably in Orange County – are outpacing the nation in embracing the most expensive form of therapy for their patients on Medicare, triggering an outcry from some ... read more

Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died

One was a link to a 1997 study abstract showing that preterm infants had fewer breathing problems during nursing when their heads were slightly ... estimated the recall would cost it $27 million, plus ... read more

Study calculates costs associated with smoking by patients with cancer

The 2014 Surgeon General's Report concluded that continued smoking after a cancer diagnosis increases the risk of dying ... Warren says these estimates are very likely conservative. "The study only ... read more

More Americans visit ER for costly and inefficient dental care

Using emergency rooms for dental treatment "is incredibly expensive and incredibly inefficient," said ... with "very poor dental health," said Cindy Justus, the hospital's ER nursing director. They ... read more

The Haunting Weight of Depression in Israel

Studies in nursing homes of elderly patients with physical illnesses show that depression substantially increases the risk of dying from those illnesses ... The total economic cost of depression in ... read more

Japan Moves to Limit Bedbound Elderly On Feeding Tubes

Japan reimburses about 100,700 yen per feeding tube surgery, including cost for kits and 45 minutes of work from ... to travel to a clinic or a hospital from nursing homes for rehab and could be ... read more

Elderly care in the NHS: 'There is nowhere for people to go'

But you need to support them in their own homes. Unless there is a parallel investment into the community resources, then it will be impossible." Among staff in the department of elderly medicine ... read more

Elder care homes rake in profits as workers earn a pittance

This has resulted in an increasing number of gravely ill people or their family members seeking an alternative to costly nursing home ... clock care in the care homes Costa owned. They changed adults' ... read more

For-Profit Nursing Homes Lead in Overcharging While Care Suffers

The study was led by Charlene Harrington, a University of California, San Francisco, professor who has been an expert witness in cases against nursing homes ... the Justice Department says in its ... read more