Long Term Care News May 2008

Aon says liability costs stable nationwide in long term care industry
New research on liability in the long term care industry conducted by US-based Aon Corporation has revealed that liability costs are stable on a national average basis. (Wed, 14 May 2008 01:29:34 GMT)

Long Term Care Classic set for June 23
HURRICANE -- The West Virginia Health Care Foundation's Long Term Care Classic is scheduled for Monday, June 23, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club. (Wed, 14 May 2008 03:51:55 GMT)

Long-term-care staff, residents, volunteers honored
Golden Living Center-Village Gardens, 1640 Shawano Ave., is joining thousands of long-term care providers across the nation this week in celebrating National Nursing Home Week. This week-long celebration, with the theme Mayberry Revisited, honors the residents, staff and volunteers working and residing in long-term care facilities nationwide. (Wed, 14 May 2008 09:11:50 GMT)

WebCE(R) Releases Ohio-Specific Long Term Care Partnership Training Course
DALLAS----WebCE, a nationwide provider of continuing education for insurance professionals, announced the release of a new training course titled Ohio Long-Term Care: Programs, Policies, and Partnerships. (Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT)

WebCE(R) Releases Ohio-Specific Long Term Care Partnership Training Course
WebCE, a nationwide provider of continuing education for insurance professionals, announced the release of a new training course titled Ohio Long-Term Care: Programs, Policies, and Partnerships. This course enables Ohio producers to obtain their newly mandated eight hours of study on the subject of long-term care and long-term care partnership programs. This training must be completed by ... (Wed, 14 May 2008 12:34:52 GMT)

Morris sells state licensing for long-term care beds
MORRIS TWP. -- Morris County has sold the state licensing for 156 long-term care beds once used at Morris View Nursing Home to a Fort Lee company that specializes in long-term care for seniors citizens. (Thu, 15 May 2008 08:26:03 GMT)

Allred introduces bills on homestead exemption, long-term care insurance
RALEIGH - An Alamance County legislator has introduced bills that would make more people eligible for the homestead exemption and would expand tax credits for long-term care insurance premiums. (Thu, 15 May 2008 22:03:59 GMT)

Long-term care: How to beat the means-test and keep your home
Local authorities are still forcing the elderly to sell their property to pay for care. But it doesn't have to be this way. Emma Simon explains how to make sure your children get the home, not the council. (Fri, 16 May 2008 19:30:25 GMT)

Trauma care: The $85 million question
ATLANTA - Without a long-term funding source for the state's cash-strapped trauma centers, the Georgia Hospital Association is certain more facilities will drop their trauma-care designations or devote fewer resources to caring for life-threatening injuries, Georgia Hospital Association officials said last week. The solution has proven to be an $85 million question. For the past two years, ... (Sun, 18 May 2008 04:56:15 GMT)

Seizures can be sign, but long-term harm rare
Senator Edward M. Kennedy should experience no long-term harm from the seizure he suffered yesterday, neurologists said, but doctors need to know what caused the brain disturbance before they give him a clean bill of health. (Sun, 18 May 2008 07:19:09 GMT)

Seizures can be sign, but long-term harm rare
Senator Edward M. Kennedy should experience no long-term harm from the seizure he suffered yesterday, neurologists said, but doctors need to know what caused the brain disturbance before they give him a clean bill of health. (Sun, 18 May 2008 08:51:48 GMT)

Faster Care Response in Hospitals, PageRouter : Onsite paging for better and more reliable healthcare
In order to speed care and improve pager reliability, St. Ann's Community, a long-term care facility in Rochester, New York, was ready to move beyond an older onsite paging system and the use of a commercial paging company. (PRWeb May 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/pa (Mon, 19 May 2008 10:14:35 GMT)

Faster Care Response in Hospitals, PageRouter
In order to speed care and improve pager reliability, St. Ann's Community, a long-term care facility in Rochester, New York, was ready to move beyond an older onsite paging system and the use of a commercial paging company. (Mon, 19 May 2008 10:16:53 GMT)

Patients wait to get long-term care
The four Life Care Centers in Hawaii are trying to change the image of a nursing home as a place to go to die, says Fred Horwitz, regional director of Life Care operations within the state. (Mon, 19 May 2008 10:27:01 GMT)

Study concludes no racial disparities in long-term outcomes in recipients of liver transplants
CHICAGO (May 19, 2008) – New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows long-term survival and liver rejection rates are equivalent for African-American liver transplant patients as compared with patients of other races. (Mon, 19 May 2008 14:40:26 GMT)

Study concludes no racial disparities in long-term outcomes in recipients of liver transplants
New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows long-term survival and liver rejection rates are equivalent for African-American liver transplant patients as compared with patients of other races. The study also suggests that although other factors such as liver cancer or hepatitis may negatively influence long-term survival, race does not. (Mon, 19 May 2008 17:07:56 GMT)

Health care reform bill seen as a good first step
The compromise legislation promises to reduce health care cost increases in the state and extend insurance coverage to more Minnesotans, but long term change depends on state finances. (Mon, 19 May 2008 22:13:33 GMT)

Survey says Americans worried about funding a long retirement
NEW YORK Americans worry that inflation and the rising cost of health care are increasing the risk that they will run out of money in retirement, according to a study released Monday. The survey by the Society of Actuaries found that people already retired are most worried about inflation and affording long-term care. Pre-retirees, meanwhile, ranked affordable health care as their top concern, ... (Tue, 20 May 2008 07:00:06 GMT)

Study Finds QIAGEN's HPV Test Offers Greater Long-term Protection from Cervical Disease than the Pap
Long-term data from a study published in the International Journal of (Tue, 20 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT)

No Racial Disparities Found In Long-Term Outcomes In Recipients Of Liver Transplants
New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows long-term survival and liver rejection rates are equivalent for African-American liver transplant patients as compared with patients of other races. The study also suggests that although other factors such as liver cancer or hepatitis may negatively influence long-term survival, race does not. (Tue, 20 May 2008 15:10:42 GMT)

JANE GLENN HAAS: Long-term care costs on the rise
This comes as no surprise: The cost of long-term care in nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and in-home care has increased for the fifth consecutive year. (Tue, 20 May 2008 15:58:12 GMT)

House approves measure to expand long-term care options
A proposal that will allow the state to offer more home and community-based care has passed the House. (Wed, 21 May 2008 05:05:47 GMT)

Directors to begin talks about long-term funding of retiree health care
MANCHESTER — Town officials are set to begin discussions next month on a plan to fund an anticipated $125 million liability for retiree health benefits for municipal employees who stop working during the next 40 years. (Wed, 21 May 2008 06:07:05 GMT)

Study Finds QIAGEN's HPV Test Offers Greater Long-term Protection From Cervical Disease Than the Pap
Long-term data from a study published in the International Journal of (Wed, 21 May 2008 08:25:00 GMT)

HC Innovations Signs Contract with Senior Whole Health
HC Innovations, Inc. (OTCBB: HCNV, http://www.hcinnovationsinc.com) a specialty care management company providing high-touch services to patients with complex medical needs, while producing cost savings for HMOs, nursing homes, and insurance companies, has signed a contract with Senior Whole Health to provide medical management services to its members residing in certain long-term care ... (Wed, 21 May 2008 12:58:35 GMT)

Seniors facility to rise at 87th Ave. and Union Hills
Long-term care project will house 140 living units. (Wed, 21 May 2008 13:54:27 GMT)

Abbott Presents Long-Term Data From Extension Study Showing Adult Crohn's Patients Treated With HUMIRA(R) (Adalimumab) ...
Results from an open-label extension study of two Abbott pivotal studies, CHARM and GAIN, demonstrate that adult moderate-to-severe Crohn's patients treated with HUMIRA® achieved long-term clinical remission and clinical response, respectively, according to data presentations today at Digestive Disease Week® in San Diego. (Wed, 21 May 2008 16:15:00 GMT)

New long-term care wing opens Thursday
After years of planning, government approvals, and lots of construction, the new 96-bed wing of the IOOF Seniors Homes in Barrie will officially open to the public on Thursday. The new wing renews 89 of the homes' bed count of 162 and adds seven new approved beds to [...] (Wed, 21 May 2008 18:04:56 GMT)

Abbott Presents Long-Term Data From Extension Study Showing Adult Crohn's Patients Treated With HUMIRA(R) (Adalimumab) ...
Results from an open-label extension study of two Abbott pivotal studies, CHARM and GAIN, demonstrate that adult moderate-to-severe Crohn's patients treated with HUMIRA(R) (adalimumab) achieved long-term clinical remission and clinical response, respectively, according to data presentations at Digestive Disease Week(R) (DDW) in San Diego. (Thu, 22 May 2008 11:08:32 GMT)

Study Finds QIAGEN's HPV Test Offers Greater Long-term Protection From Cervical Disease Than The Pap
Long-term data from a study published in the International Journal of Cancer show that women screened only with a human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test are half as likely to develop moderate to severe cervical disease over the next six years as those who get only conventional cytology (the Pap "smear"). (Thu, 22 May 2008 11:10:22 GMT)

Rep. Ryan Proposes Plan To Reduce Entitlement Spending, Revise Health Care System
A "growing, bipartisan consensus" exists among lawmakers about the "greatest threat to our nation's long-term economic prosperity: the explosion of entitlement spending," which "Washington is not planning to address ... this week, or any time soon," effectively "shackling our future with unsustainable debt and taxes," Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis. (Thu, 22 May 2008 13:08:51 GMT)

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Thugs terrorise patients at a Craigshill care home
TEENAGE thugs have terrorised elderly patients at a Craigshill care home. The gang of youths subjected the pensioners, many of whom suffer from long-term conditions such as dementia, to a terrifying ordeal as they hurled stones and bricks at windows. (Fri, 23 May 2008 10:17:05 GMT)

Long-Term Care Insurance Addresses an Important Financial Concern for Individuals
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Long-term Care Insurance in the United States" to their offering. (Fri, 23 May 2008 13:30:00 GMT)

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Announces Chrysler Minivan Purchase
Ontario Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care George Smitherman today announced that his organization would purchase 100 Dodge Grand Caravan minivans. The announcement came on the front steps of Chrysler's Windsor Assembly Plant where the vehicles are made. (Fri, 23 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT)

CMS Places Three-Year Moratorium On Construction Of New Long-Term Care Hospitals
CMS officials this week announced a regulation that places a three-year moratorium on the construction of new long-term care hospitals and limits the effects of payment reductions to existing facilities, CQ HealthBeat reports. According to CQ HealthBeat, admissions criteria among long-term care hospitals and the industry's "Medicare-fueled growth" had "raised eyebrows among policy makers. (Fri, 23 May 2008 18:08:31 GMT)

Psoriasis - 10 Year Clinical Experience Confirms Raptiva's Long-Term Safety Profile
Safety data from 10 years of clinical development and postmarketing experience in patients treated with Raptiva® (efalizumab), presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) congress, have confirmed the favourable safety profile of Raptiva® in long-term treatment of patients with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. (Fri, 23 May 2008 21:08:31 GMT)

Rebalancing long-term care
In the upcoming weeks, Gov. Ed Rendell and the General Assembly will negotiate the state budget. One decision that eventually will affect nearly every family is how the state funds long-term care. (Sat, 24 May 2008 04:20:11 GMT)

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Announces Chrysler Minivan Purchase
WINDSOR, Ontario, May 23, 2008; Ontario Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care George Smitherman today announced that his organization would purchase 100 Dodge Grand Caravan minivans. The announcement came on the front steps of Chrysler's Windsor (Ontario) Assembly Plant where the vehicles are made. (Sat, 24 May 2008 05:17:10 GMT)

Abbott Presents Long-term Data From Extension Study Showing Adult Crohn's Patients Treated With HUMIRA® (adalimumab) ...
Results from an open-label extension study of two Abbott pivotal studies, CHARM and GAIN, demonstrate that adult moderate-to-severe Crohn's patients treated with HUMIRA® (adalimumab) achieved long-term clinical remission and clinical response, respectively, according to data presentations at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) in San Diego. (Sat, 24 May 2008 08:10:04 GMT)

The Medicaid rules allow an increase in spousal support
In the last article that I prepared for the Courier-Post concerning spousal support, I addressed the very complicated rules concerning how spousal support is calculated when a husband or wife needs long-term care assistance. (Sun, 25 May 2008 07:22:41 GMT)

BRIEFS
DOVER - David Hennis, owner and administrator of Hennis Care Centre in Dover, was honored with the Ohio Health Care Association (OHCA) President's Award for outstanding contributions to the long-term care community and OHCA. The award was presented to Hennis during special ceremonies on May 7 at the association's annual convention in Columbus. (Sun, 25 May 2008 12:04:47 GMT)

State health plan grant focuses on fitness
When it comes to long-term health care, preventative medicine doesn't come in a pill, said East Carolina University researcher Mike McCammon. It's a daily walk, a bike ride, or a game of tennis. It's going to a meeting on foot rather than by car. (Mon, 26 May 2008 02:38:22 GMT)

Face lift brings Bordeaux facility closer to home
Although the hallways are still reminiscent of its hospital past, parts of Bordeaux Long Term Care have a more family-friendly atmosphere thanks to some local interior designers and the Eden Alternative. (Mon, 26 May 2008 07:12:26 GMT)

Bridge repair plan will fatten state payroll/Patronage jobs could live on long after work is done
BOSTON — The Patrick administration boasts that its ambitious eight-year, $3 billion bridge repair program will fix crumbling bridges and stimulate the economy, creating thousands of jobs. But hundreds of those new jobs could be in state government. And Massachusetts taxpayers could be on the hook for the salaries, health care and pension benefits of the new hires long after the bridge repairs ... (Mon, 26 May 2008 10:13:36 GMT)

Sherman Planning and Zoning considers nursing home request
HERALD DEMOCRAT An acute, long-term care hospital and convalescent home on U.S. Highway 82 and a skilled nursing and convalescence center on FM 1417 are among the items Sherman's Planning and Zoning Commission faces Tuesday. (Tue, 27 May 2008 06:09:24 GMT)

IRA: To roll over or not to roll over?; family's long-term care conflict
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Q: My second husband died recently, only three years after we married. He was 68. I am 57. I inherited his IRA, and, because of economic problems, I have to make withdrawals to support myself. However, I am getting conflicting advice about what to do. (Tue, 27 May 2008 06:26:35 GMT)

Long Term Physiotherapy Denied To Patients With Chronic Conditions, UK
On Wednesday 14 May the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign was joined by 135 supporters, clinicians and healthcare professionals, from around the country, at a Parliamentary reception to lobby Government to improve specialist services for people with neuromuscular conditions. (Tue, 27 May 2008 11:09:11 GMT)

Vigilan Offers PaySimple to Simplify Resident Billing and Collection
Vigilan announced today that it has added PaySimple, the leading provider of on-demand electronic payment solutions, as an option for its customers to help simplify resident billing and collection for assisted living, long-term care, and dementia care communities. (Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT)

Make C. difficile reporting mandatory
Opposition leaders in a democratic nation have it pretty easy - criticize everything - all the time. But this time Progressive Conservative leader John Tory may have something. He is renewing calls for an independent investigation into a C. difficile outbreak in Ontario hospitals and long-term care [...] (Tue, 27 May 2008 13:34:55 GMT)

Sherman Planning and Zoning considers nursing home request
HERALD DEMOCRAT An acute, long-term care hospital and convalescent home on U.S. Highway 82 and a skilled nursing and convalescence center on FM 1417 are among the items Sherman's Planning and Zoning Commission faces Tuesday. (Wed, 28 May 2008 06:08:46 GMT)

Villa, Fair Meadow celebrate state training grant
With long-term healthcare funding more hard to come by than maybe ever, healthcare providers, especially those that provide long-term care, need to come up with ways to not only do more with less, but do it better. (Wed, 28 May 2008 06:39:11 GMT)

Good Life: Your positive achievements
Katherine Thomas has been appointed vice president of community health services for Elant, a not-for-profit, long-term care network. (Wed, 28 May 2008 07:00:50 GMT)

Cancer Survivors Are Living "In Limbo" With Unmet Needs For Care
Many long-term survivors of cancer are not receiving the necessary symptom management that they require to help them live with the consequences of their disease, its treatment, or both, according to a leading professor of palliative medicine. (Wed, 28 May 2008 09:08:31 GMT)

Cancer survivors are living 'in limbo' with unmet needs for care
Many long-term survivors of cancer are not receiving the necessary symptom management that they require to help them live with the consequences of their disease, its treatment, or both, according to a leading professor of palliative medicine. (Wed, 28 May 2008 23:06:36 GMT)

Ida Maye Long
Ida Maye Long, 89, a former resident of Cimarron and Moscow, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Minneola Long Term Care Unit in Minneola, where she had been a resident since 2000. (Wed, 28 May 2008 23:17:28 GMT)

Care homes to receive more provincial cash
Twenty-five long-term care operators across Central Alberta will receive six per cent more in government cash to pay for staffing, medical supplies and personal care programs. (Thu, 29 May 2008 04:08:46 GMT)

Orange County puts facts of long-term care on new Web site
MIDDLETOWN — The county has a new Web site to help residents navigate through the long-term health services world. (Thu, 29 May 2008 06:14:30 GMT)

Immune system key to long-term vitality
A free health seminar discussing the benefits of a healthy immune system will be held at The Plano Station in Historic Downtown Plano at 3:15 p.m. for health care professionals and 4:30 p.m. for the public on Sunday. (Thu, 29 May 2008 06:40:55 GMT)

Orange County launches one-stop information center for long term care options
MIDDLETOWN – Persons in need of information regarding long term care options now have one stop to find that information in Orange County. County Executive Edward Diana said the new effort is a collaboration of several agencies. (Thu, 29 May 2008 11:15:13 GMT)

Keane Wins $1.5 Million Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Implementation with Leading Long-Term Care Company
Keane, Inc., a $1 billion-plus global services firm that specializes in enabling transformation of its clients' business and IT functions, today announced that it has signed a $1.5 million five-year contract with Golden Living, a network of long-term care facilities that includes 331 skilled nursing facilities and 19 assisted living facilities in 22 states. (Thu, 29 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT)

Long-term health care meeting Friday
State Sen. Gary Dillon, R-17th, and State Rep. Richard Dodge, R-51st, will host a town hall meeting Friday to discuss long-term health care issues facing Allen, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley, DeKalb and Steuben counties. (Thu, 29 May 2008 15:48:55 GMT)

Minnesota, National Long Term Care Advocates: Pending Bush Medicare Cut Hurts State’s Rural Seniors
New Study: Rural Seniors Medicare-Financed Nursing Home Care Slashed $3.7 Million in Year Ahead; Federal Lawmakers, In Minnesota This Week, Urged to Publicly Oppose Cuts to Seniors Medicare Funding (Thu, 29 May 2008 18:11:00 GMT)

Opposing view: 'Progress is being made'
The professionals in America's hospital ERs are working on immediate and long-term solutions to the crowded conditions many patients find when they come to the emergency room. With the number of uninsured people increasing and fewer primary care doctors available, more Americans turn to the emergency room for routine care. But waiting times must be reduced. (Fri, 30 May 2008 04:21:00 GMT)

Long Term Care Insurance Leader Goes Green, Targeting a Million Gallons of Gasoline Saved Per Year
Going green can add green to the bottom line. That's the experience of LTC Financial Partners LLC , one of the nation's most experienced long term care insurance agencies. As a result of pro-environment steps now being taken, the organization plans to double or even triple the productivity of its agents within two to four years -- this on top of huge savings in gasoline. (Fri, 30 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT)

Death of spouse ups odds of nursing home care
An older person's likelihood of entering a nursing home or other long-term care facility is particularly high immediately after the death of a spouse, new research indicates. (Fri, 30 May 2008 14:02:30 GMT)

Individual Health Insurance for Long-Term Care Protects Your Savings US Insurance Online Web Site Helps Families Make ...
US Insurance Online today announced a new Web site that educates families about the costs and benefits of individual health insurance for long-term care. (Sat, 31 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT)

Individual Health Insurance for Long-Term Care Protects Your Savings US Insurance Online Web Site Helps Families Make ...
US Insurance Online today announced a new Web site that educates families about the costs and benefits of individual health insurance for long-term care. (PRWeb May 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/LT (Sat, 31 May 2008 07:19:22 GMT)

HealthSource administrators face tough questions over numerous citations
Long-term care staff at HealthSource Saginaw didn't tell emergency room doctors, state officials or a resident's family that a soaked ceiling tile fell on the man's face before he was hospitalized for breathing trouble, state officials charge. (Sat, 31 May 2008 13:22:47 GMT)