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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Admiral Nurses welcome the key areas identified within the End of Life Care Strategy, which echo many of the overarching principles contained in the recently launched National Dementia Strategy consultation, and welcome, in particular, in both strategies the specific recognition of the needs of carers.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Statement by Tyler Wilson, President and CEO American Association for Homecare, July 15, 2008. It is unfortunate that President Bush has chosen to veto H.R. 6331, "The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008." This legislation would save taxpayers billions of dollars through reduced spending on home medical equipment and it would help seniors and people with disabilities to continue...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
It was disappointing to see Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt leading the effort to retain the competitive bidding program implemented this month for medical equipment providers who service Medicare beneficiaries ("Will Congress Continue a Medicare Scam? ," op-ed, July 9). He fails to mention the problems with the bidding program.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Many agencies that provide home health and other services to elderly clients have begun to reduce their services as a result of increased gasoline prices, with the problem most prevalent among agencies in rural areas, the New York Times reports. According to a survey recently released by the
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
ARLINGTON, Va., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) applauded congressional efforts to pass a bill introduced last week that will delay for at least 18 months the controversial and flawed Medicare competitive ...
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ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
“Purpose This paper explores the constituents of and challenges related to the innovation of technology-based services in the long-term homecare sector. Methods This research used purposeful extreme case sampling, a mixed methods approach to research that included focus groups and interviews, to learn from the experiences of an innovative telehomecare project. The paper uses a framework that integrates...
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ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | 14/05/2008
Due to many requests, the deadline for the chapter submission for the ICMCC book on Digital Homecare has been extended till June 15
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
ATLANTA - OSF Home Care Services, one of the leading providers of homecare and
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ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
The deadline for the chapter submission for the ICMCC book on Digital Homecare closes May 15.
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ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
The deadline for the chapter submission for the ICMCC book on Digital Homecare closes May 15.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
Finding and hiring the right people to deliver quality care in an industry where the war for talent is fierce and job-hopping is common, is a primary challenge facing all long-term care providers. Increasingly, these organizations are turning to technology to give them an edge. Long-term care provider Extendicare Health Services has done just this, choosing selection and hiring solutions from Kronos®...
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ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | 23/04/2008
ICMCC has launched a “call for chapters” for its book on Digital Homecare. This book, to be published by Springer Verlag early 2009, will cover all aspects of Digital Homecare, e. g. technologies; clinical applications; social, ethical and legal aspects; and future trends. It is certainly one of the important and fast growing areas in the [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
ARLINGTON, Va., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Medicare bidding program for durable medical equipment (DME) scheduled to be implemented in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metropolitan area o...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 27/03/2008
Results from the third annual Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) ICAN: Investigating Caregivers' Attitudes and Needs Survey suggest that Alzheimer's disease care is a family affair.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The hardest part of caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's type disorders is not the everyday practical challenge, but rather the emotional impact of losing the patients' support and companionship as the disease robs them of their faculties, according to new research at the University of Indianapolis.
