News tagged with care homes
Toddlers from socially-deprived homes most at risk of scalds, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Toddlers living in socially-deprived areas are at the greatest risk of suffering a scald in the home, researchers at The University of Nottingham have found.
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May 09, 2013 |
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Exercise proves to be ineffective against care home depression
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.
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May 02, 2013 |
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Research into proposed reforms of UK care funding published
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 ...
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Apr 24, 2013 |
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US study: Fewer dying in hospitals, more at home
Surveys show most Americans would rather die at home than in a hospital. Now, a new government study suggests more and more people getting their wish.
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Mar 27, 2013 |
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CWRU professor offers 'lessons from abroad' on caring for a graying population
In Norway, families receive public support that enables them to care for aging parents in their own homes and keep them out of nursing homes. This includes a salary for a son or daughter to provide care. They also focus on ...
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Mar 20, 2013 |
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Small physician practices that care for children unprepared to become medical homes
Primary care practices around the country are being encouraged and even paid to become "medical homes," but small practices might be at a significant disadvantage in this race to improve health care for children, according ...
Pediatrics
Mar 07, 2013 |
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Study shows psychotropic drug dispensing increases on entry to care homes
A study by Queen's University Belfast has found that the dispensing of psychotropic drugs to older people in Northern Ireland increases on entry to care homes.
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Feb 21, 2013 |
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Community health workers help type 2 diabetes care
Newly published results from a randomized controlled clinical trial in the Pacific U.S. territory of American Samoa add clear evidence for the emerging idea that community health workers can meaningfully ...
Diabetes
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Black patients with hypertension not prescribed diuretics enough
A research study of more than 600 black patients with uncontrolled hypertension found that less than half were prescribed a diuretic drug with proven benefit that costs just pennies a day, report researchers at Weill Cornell ...
Cardiology
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Guided care provides better quality of care for chronically ill older adults
Patients who received Guided Care, a comprehensive form of primary care for older adults with chronic health problems, rated the quality of their care much higher than patients in regular primary care, and used less home ...
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Jan 17, 2013 |
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Care homes and NHS need to work together, research finds
Care homes and NHS healthcare services must work more closely together to improve levels of care for older people, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire.
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Jan 15, 2013 |
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Predicting mortality amongst older care home residents
The number of medications prescribed to a care home resident and the frequency of their contact with their GP are strong predictors of mortality in care homes shows research published today in Age & Ageing, the sc ...
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Jan 11, 2013 |
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Virtually healthy: 'CAVE' lets researchers experience patients' behavior
(Medical Xpress)—The majority of health care takes place not in hospitals and clinics overseen by medical professionals, but in the home.
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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Helping lung cancer sufferers self-manage breathlessness
(Medical Xpress)—Breathlessness is one of the most distressing symptoms of lung cancer for both the patients and their carers, but QUT researchers are developing techniques to help patients effectively manage it themselves, ...
Cancer
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Medicare: Barrier to hospice increases hospitalization
(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 ...
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Oct 31, 2012 |
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