Nursing Home Care Improving in Many Areas, Says CMS
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Dec. 23, 2004 - All states report a decrease in the prevalence of chronic pain in nursing home patients in the latest report from the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, which was launched two years ago by Health and Human Services.
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A survey conducted by York University researchers shows that conditions in Ontarioâs nursing homes will only improve with the introduction of enforceable standards for care.
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Social services provided by local councils in England is steadily improving, a report suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Several states are considering  the use of video surveillance in nursing homes, to keep an eye  on residents and the care they receive.
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BALTIMORE -- Maryland General Hospital&#39;s laboratory has corrected major problems, federal regulators have found, and is again in compliance with conditions for participating in Medicare.
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Â· Child daycare provision slowly improvingÂ· 4 in 10 sites inspected still no better than satisfactory
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About 10 percent of U.S. nursing homes  were found to have consistently inadequate quality since the  year 2000, Consumers Union said on Tuesday.
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Patients will gain a better service from their local pharmacist as Government plans for a more flexible, modernised service moved a step further towards implementation, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.
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Nursing home residents with  Alzheimer's disease who participate in a moderate exercise  program have a significantly slower deterioration than those  who receive routine medical care, researchers have shown.
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A review of cancer services in Wales says patient care needs better planning and managers must work together.
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The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed to expand coverage of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), a move expected to save thousands of lives a year.
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WASHINGTON - Chronically ill Medicare patients receive significantly different levels of care in the best geriatric hospitals in the nation, researchers reported Thursday.
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After initially resisting their disclosure, the Bush administration on Tuesday published the names of 131 nursing homes with poor inspection records and said some were already showing signs of improvement.
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As insurers across the nation consider increasing coverage of medical weight-loss treatments, a Medicare advisory committee on Thursday will examine data on bariatric weight-loss surgery to determine whether CMS should expand coverage of the surgery as a
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NEW YORK  - A guideline-based disease management program and a structured multi-component intervention can improve quality of life and other outcomes for patients with dementia and their caregivers, according to the findings of two studies published this week.
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The challenges facing New York state&#39;s hospitals, nursing homes and home care agencies in 2005 will be substantial. In Albany, the Health Care Reform Act comes up for renewal in June, presenting
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New rules are coming that will require Ontario&#39;s 600 nursing home to have nurses on site and publish &quot;scorecards&quot; on the care they offer.