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    A COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVE TO NURSING HOMES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES  Federal edict seeks home care for many disabledWhite House orders states to comply with Supreme Court ruling FROM SPOKANE.NET Robert Pear - New York Times FROM NURSING ON-LINE Daytime families Worrying about older relatives only adds to your stress, but one trust is providing a solution. Lynch Mason explains Pa. bill would cover costs of extended care at homeBy Michael Vitez INQUIRER STAFF WRITER (Search Archives) A bipartisan bill that would allow tens of thousands of elderly and disabled Pennsylvanians to receive publicly funded long-term care services in their own homes rather than in nursing homes will be introduced tomorrow in the state legislature.  Bill would require more training for adult-caregiversCommittee chairwoman confident training measure will pass AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS  Momentum builds for adding drug coverage to Medicare"President Clinton has called again for a prescription benefit, but differing views on which seniors should receive it could prevent action in Congress. By LaCrisha Butler, AMNews staff. Feb. 14, 2000. Illinois Council on Long Term Care Responds to Federal Report Recommending Minimum Staffing Standards for Nation's Nursing Homes August 2, 2000 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- August 1, 2000 via NewsEdge Corporation - "The Department of Health and Human Services today released a report to Congress that recommends new federal standards that would require thousands of homes to hire more nurses and health aides. The Illinois Council on Long Term Care, a nursing home professional association representing 220 nursing facilities serving over 38,000 residents, agrees that more should be done to increase staffing levels in our nation's nursing homes, including those in the state of Illinois." BIBLIOGRAPHYEthics Bibliography Revised 15 September 1999 AGING AND ETHICAL ISSUES http://www.uvm.edu/~scutler/ethics.html#hctt |
ALZHEIMER DISEASE SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS DELAYED TIME TO NURSING HOME PLACEMENt IN THE MEANTIMEhttp://members.aol.com/LadyChristian/letters.html, LadyChristian Courtesy Letter Writing  SUPPORT+FOR GAINING+FROM+EXAMINATION OF+A+CROSS-CULTURAL+PERSPECTIVE Urinary+incontinence+in+nursing+home+residents:+a+cross-national+comparisonhttp://ageing.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/suppl_2/49,^ A Sgadari, E Topinkova, J Bjornson and R Bernabei Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. A.SGADARI@caspur.i Age and Ageing, Vol 26, 49-54, Copyright © 1997 by British Geriatrics Society CONCLUSION: "this study of different cultural approaches and strategies to evaluate and treat urinary incontinence may stimulate a public debate on the quality of care in nursing homes and promote the sharing of care practices designed to reduce urinary incontinence." |
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