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Nursing Homes Are Pushing the Dying Into Pricey Rehab

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 ... read more

Study: More nursing homes pushing dying patients into excessive rehab - WIVB News 4

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 dying Americans into profitable rehab - IOL

Nursing home residents are increasingly spending time in rehabilitation treatment during the last days of their lives. Nursing homes are pushing dying Americans into profitable rehab Home Page ... read more

Nursing homes push dying patients into rehab to cash in on Medicaid

Nursing homes are pushing dying patients into hours a day of unnecessary rehab to cash in on reimbursements. More than 1.3 million Americans are living out their final days in nursing homes ... read more

Study claims nursing homes increasingly pushing residents into ‘unnecessary’ rehab at end of life

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. University of ... 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

There's much value in therapy

“Nursing homes are pushing the dying into pricey rehab” – Riley Griffin. As a doctor of physical therapy in Utica, I am concerned about how an Oct. 14th article, “Nursing homes are pushing ... read more

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

The proportion of nursing home residents who received physical, occupational and speech therapy in the last days of their lives increased 65 percent between October 2012 and April 2016, according ... read more

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

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