Archive for the ‘Caregivers / Homecare’ Category
Monday, August 18th, 2008
A study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the sleep patterns of older adults who live with and provide direct care during the night for a person with dementia are significantly worse than other older adults.
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Spouses of husbands and wives with dementia pay an emotional toll as they care for their ailing spouse. This has prompted a call for new interventions and strategies to assist caregivers in coping with the demands of this difficult time, according to a study from Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
New York's 1199 Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers East President George Gresham recently said that the union does not seek funding from the state to resolve issues with home health care workers' pay but rather legislation that would require home health care agencies to raise employees' wages, the New York Times reports.
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
A report released on Wednesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City called for more attention to and funding for the role of those participating in home-based care for people with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe's Herald/AllAfrica.com reports.
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday examined how U.S. nursing homes are "forcing out frail and ill residents" in an effort to "replac[e] them with shorter-term residents likely to bring more revenue.
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday by a 17-10 vote approved a bill (HR 6126) that would ban the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts, CQ Today reports (Stern, CQ Today, 7/30).
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