Nursing home care improving, report says
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The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients has dropped by nearly a quarter in two years and fewer residents report suffering from pain, according to a report released yesterday by the Bush administration.
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A report into the care and training of military recruits is expected to find siginifcant improvements.
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NEW YORK  - Getting plenty of vitamin D can help prevent falls among people living in nursing homes, a new study confirms.
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The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients has dropped by nearly a quarter in two years and fewer residents report suffering from pain, according to a report released Wednesday by the Bush administration.
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PHILADELPHIA A new study says diabetics treated by the VA health system get better care than diabetics under managed health .
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USA - Medicare patients with chronic illnesses receive &quot;significantly different&quot; levels of treatment in hospitals ranked &quot;best&quot; by US News and World Report, a new study published Thursday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (Maltin, Atlanta Journal
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Older adults who get daily social and physical activity -- even for brief periods -- sleep better and have improved cognition, says a Northwestern University study in the Dec. 15 issue of Sleep.
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WASHINGTON Dec 22, 2004 - About 35,000 fewer nursing home residents are kept in restraints on a daily basis down 23 percent from two years ago according to a federal report released Wednesday that also found fewer patients in pain.
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NEW YORK  - People treated at high-quality hospitals are more likely to survive and less likely to develop complications, according to a new report on more than 5,000 US hospitals.
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Twenty years after Congress vowed to improve the way we care for the old and the infirm, nursing homes still inspire dread. But some mavericks are working to deinstitutionalize them and make them more like home.
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About 35,000 fewer nursing home residents are kept in restraints on a daily basis &#151; down 23 percent from two years ago &#151; according to a federal report released Wednesday that also found fewer patients in pain.
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Giving care home staff flu jabs can cut the number of illnesses and deaths among residents.
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Older patients with similar chronic conditions receive treatment that varies widely, even among the top-ranked hospitals, according to studies released 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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Social services provided by local councils in England is steadily improving, a report suggests.
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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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For-profit nursing homes and hospitals  on average provide an inferior quality of care compared with  their nonprofit peers, according to an extensive review of  studies published on Tuesday.