Results List
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National Consumer Organization Expands its Commitment to Quality Long-Term Care Through New Three-Year Project
WASHINGTON, Sept 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (formerly NCCNHR), also known as the Consumer Voice, announces the launch of a major project, Consumers for Quality Care, No Matter Where, funded through a three-year grant by The…
Author: CNBC
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Scheme to make nursing home care 'anxiety-free'
THE new Nursing Homes Support Scheme will make residential care accessible, affordable and anxiety-free, Health Minister Mary Harney insisted yesterday. Families should not find themselves under financial pressure to come up with large amounts of cash to pay for a relative’s care, Ms Harney said.…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Health Care Bill Amendment Highlights Direct-Care Workforce
Original Source Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) and the Iowa Caregivers Association are Atlantic grantees. The 2008 Institute of Medicine report, Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce was funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. by Aaron Toleos An amendment to America’s Affordable Health Choices Act added in the House…
Author: PHI blog
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Caring for Aging Loved Ones Can Be a Catch-22
In her long struggle to care for her gravely ill husband, journalist and Passages author Gail Sheehy recalls one defining moment. More than a year ago, her husband, publisher Clay Felker, was being discharged from a New York City rehabilitation facility after spending several months…
Author: The Washington Post
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The Third Age: Now's the time to ponder long-term health care
Original Source By ANN GOWANS Neither presidential candidate has spoken about long-term care when discussing plans for reforming our health-care system. It seemingly is not a real issue for them. This is a bit easier to understand, perhaps, from the point of view of the…
Author: Columbia Tribune
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N.C. special licensing program rewards long-term care providers who maintain high-quality workforce
For release: Immediate Date: August 21, 2006 Contact: Jim Jones (919) 733-9190 RALEIGH North Carolina has created a first-in-the-nation program to help reduce the turnover of nurse aides and other direct care workers who provide hands-on care to hundreds of thousands of the state’s elderly…
Author: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Organizations Provide $8.7 Million to Launch a National Center to Improve Care for Complex Patients
CAMDEN, N.J.—The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers announced plans to establish a national center to improve care for high-need patients who experience poor outcomes despite extreme patterns of hospitalizations or emergency care. Inefficient and ineffective care of these patients has been identified as a driver…
Author: Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
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Grant Goes Toward Improved Nursing Home Care
Original Source Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing has been awarded a $350,000 grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to develop a business plan for improving nursing home care nationwide. The grant money will be used to implement the Nursing Home Collaborative, a partnership between…
Author: Nurse.com
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The fight for universal health care
Original Source Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager for Health Care for America Now, takes nothing for granted. On the very day last week that President Barack Obama released his budget proposal, which includes a $634 billion reserve fund to overhaul the nation’s health care system, Kirsch…
Author: Politico
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Care for Elderly a ‘Sleeping Time Bomb’
(CNW Group/Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists) A senior woman, posed by model. Rising costs for elderly care pose a huge problem for the community. The combination of the Island’s escalating healthcare costs and the state of elder care is a “sleeping time bomb” in need…
Author: The Royal Gazette