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Frail Seniors Find Ways To Live Independently
A pilot program for frail low-income seniors provides much-needed help in dealing with 鈥渄aily activities鈥 and offers practical solutions.
Health Care Is Where The Jobs Are. But What Kind Of Jobs?
The health care industry adds thousands of jobs to the economy each month. While they aren鈥檛 all doctors and nurses, they aren鈥檛 all paper pushers either.
Will Maine Voters Decide To Make Aging In Place Affordable?
A ballot initiative in Maine proposes that free home care services be available to all residents who need help with at least 鈥渙ne daily activity.鈥
Medicaid Officials Target Home Health Aides鈥 Union Dues
Federal officials are proposing a rule to prohibit home health aides paid directly by Medicaid from having their dues for the powerful Service Employees International Union automatically deducted from their paychecks. The effort would likely mean those workers are far less likely to pay dues and could diminish the union鈥檚 influence.
Missed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospice Lacks Oversight
A new government watchdog report outlines vulnerabilities in Medicare’s $17 billion hospice program, pointing to inadequate services, inappropriate billing and outright fraud.
Scrutinizing Medicare Coverage For Physical, Occupational And Speech Therapy
Treatment has been terminated for some seniors because therapists told them they weren鈥檛 making enough progress or that they had reached their annual limit. We examine the treatment benefits and the barriers under Medicare鈥檚 coverage rules for therapy.
Con medidas migratorias de Trump, adultos mayores pueden perder a sus cuidadores
Haitianos y centroamericanos forman parte de la fuerza de trabajo de los cuidadores en el hogar, que est谩 en riesgo de mayor escasez si deben irse del pa铆s.
As Trump Targets Immigrants, Elderly Brace To Lose Caregivers
Families and nursing homes say Trump administration policies threaten to drive immigrants away from caring for older and disabled patients, intensifying a shortage in these low-wage jobs.
Nueva estrategia: hospitales internan a pacientes鈥 en sus propias casas
Un enfoque com煤n en Australia, Gran Breta帽a y Canad谩 comienza a cobrar fuerza en el pa铆s: internar en sus propios hogares a los pacientes que no tienen condiciones de cuidado cr铆tico.
From The ER To Inpatient Care 鈥 At Home
Some health systems are encouraging selected ill emergency department patients who are stable and don鈥檛 need intensive, round-the-clock care to opt for hospital-level care at home.
Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill
Agencies sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries with chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won’t pay for their services, say patient advocates.
鈥楴o One Is Coming鈥: Hospice Patients Abandoned At Death鈥檚 Door
U.S. hospice agencies promise to be available around-the-clock to help patients dying in their homes. But a Kaiser Health News investigation shows that in an alarming number of cases, that promise is broken.
As Care Shifts From Hospital To Home, Guarding Against Infection Falls To Families
Despite a lack of medical training, relatives increasingly are assigned complex, risky medical tasks at home, such as maintaining catheters. If done incorrectly, blood clots, infections, even death can result.
Quiz: How Well Are You Paying Attention?
To strengthen your core knowledge of health care policy, it helps to be a regular reader of Kaiser Health News. Here’s a pop quiz to gauge what you have learned.
Dying At Home In An Opioid Crisis: Hospices Grapple With Stolen Meds
As more patients receive hospice care at home, some of the powerful, addictive drugs they鈥檙e prescribed are ending up in the wrong hands.
S.C. Taps Private Donors To Expand In-Home Services For At-Risk Moms
The expansion of the Nurse-Family Partnership, financed initially by the federal government and several philanthropies, must meet specific goals to get state contributions. Officials hope to add 3,200 women to the program.
C贸mo tener atenci贸n m茅dica de largo plazo en el hogar sin caer en bancarrota
La gran mayor铆a de los adultos mayores reciben atenci贸n a largo plazo en sus casas, no en hogares. Pero pocas personas planean con anticipaci贸n para enfrentar este gasto.
How To Get Long-Term Care At Home Without Busting The Bank
The majority of older adults receive long-term care at home and need help covering these services with affordable insurance policies. The long-term聽 insurance industry needs to focus on home care.
Un problema en aumento: los adultos mayores que quieren estar solos
Muchas veces por problemas de informaci贸n, adultos mayores que son dados de alta rechazan la atenci贸n de salud en el hogar, decisi贸n que los puede poner en riesgo.
Leaving Hospital, Older Patients Resist Home Help At Their Peril
Almost 30 percent of patients leaving the hospital don鈥檛 want home health care services, which often leads to readmissions and other health issues.
