http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at the University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London have shown that exercise is not effective in reducing burden of depression among elderly care home residents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-ineffective-home-depression.html Health Thu, 02 May 2013 06:31:40 EST news286695094 The cost implications of the UK government's recent plans to reform the funding system for care and support in England are analysed in a new research paper, which also considers the effects of options to give more help to lower income care home residents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-reforms-uk-funding-published.html Health Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:42:03 EST news286011712 (Medical Xpress)—The majority of health care takes place not in hospitals and clinics overseen by medical professionals, but in the home. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-virtually-healthy-cave-patients-behavior.html Health Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:30:03 EST news273917893 (Medical Xpress)—A Medicare rule that blocks thousands of nursing home residents from receiving simultaneous reimbursement for hospice and skilled nursing facility (SNF) care at the end of life may result in those residents receiving more aggressive treatment and hospitalization, according a new analysis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-medicare-barrier-hospice-hospitalization.html Health Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:23:15 EST news270919385 (Medical Xpress)—'Whistleblowers' who expose mistreatment of vulnerable patients within the care home system need to be confident that their allegations will be treated seriously, a national charity has said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-doorswhistleblowers-voice-home-charity.html Health Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:40:04 EST news270815019 New research published today in the journal Age and Aging has investigated why women are 40% more likely to be admitted in to a care home than men. The study found that women were often married to older partners who cannot provide care for them due to their age-related frailty. The study, entitled 'Gender differences in care home admission risk: Partner's age explains the higher risk for women', used data from the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS) derived from the Northern Ireland Health Card registration system, to which the 2001 Census return is linked. The research focused on NILS members aged 65 or over at the time, and living in a household with two people as a couple. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-women-higher-home-admission-due.html Health Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:41:25 EST news253928479