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A Glasgow care home nurse has been struck off the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) register following a 3 day professional hearing held in Glasgow. Jose-Serge Tulwa, a 64 year old registered adult nurse from Fullerton was charged with numerous allegations of treating residents in an aggressive and inappropriate manner while working at the Haydale Care Home, Tollcross in 2004.

The homecare sector’s professional association, UKHCA, has applauded government’s decision to give national recognition to the training and development needs of the social care workforce by establishing a new national Skills Academy for social care.

There has been rapid growth of new, innovative palliative care consultation services in the nation’s hospitals. More than half of the 50-bed or larger hospitals in the U.S. offer palliative care services to ease pain and suffering for seriously ill patients and their families.

Stakeholders in Pennsylvania’s Long Term Care System Work for More and Better Home Care Options. People with disabilities, seniors, direct care attendants, and community advocates have announced a major proposal to strengthen home care for thousands more Pennsylvanians.

A coalition of home and community-based providers today strongly criticized a proposal under consideration by Acting Secretary of Labor and Industry Sandi Vito that could require workers who provide in-home care to seniors and individuals with disabilities to join a state-funded registry called the Consumer Workforce Council.

iiBIG presents the Investment and M&A Opportunities in Managed Care conference, scheduled for November 17-18, 2008 at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. With unprecedented turmoil in the financial markets and overall slow-down in global M&A, activity in the health care industry is robust and on the rise.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved by voice vote a bill (S 2838) that would ban the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts, CQ Today reports. The clauses require that people seeking to enter a nursing home and their family agree to waive their right to take disputes regarding care at the facility to court and must settle them through arbitration.

In recent years, private equity investors have increasingly targeted nursing homes as investment opportunities. Spurred by investigative reports and anecdotal evidence that these deals led to worsened quality of care, many companies have found themselves under increased federal scrutiny. But according to a new study, such conclusions may be premature.

Seven states will receive a share of over $8 million in federal grants to increase awareness of home- and community-based long-term care options for people leaving hospitals who otherwise may enter a traditional nursing home, CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems announced. The $8.

Each year millions of individuals suffer a sudden or progressive impairment that makes it difficult or impossible for them to make sound financial and healthcare decisions on their own, according to Allsup, which offers services that support the financial well-being and health of individuals with disabilities.