Building Choice into Long Term Care

Building Choice into Long Term Care
In the past, fate has dictated the passing of life in what are euphemistically called "nursing homes". But there is no longer a need for such a fate, if we are willing to work to change the rules.

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Saturday, May 13, 2006

Wall Street Journal Examines Shift From Institutional To Home, Community Care For Elderly Patients. The Wall Street Journal on Saturday examined how "federal funding decisions have been tilted toward putting old people into nursing homes" for the past 40 years but recently have begun "changing, driven both by cost and longer life spans. [click link for full article] [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed]
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Less Agitation In Patients, Less Stress And Depression In Caregivers When Alzheimer Disease Approached With Collaborative Care Model. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia represent a major challenge in the care of older adults with Alzheimer disease. In a study published in the May 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. [click link for full article] [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed]
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