PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) is a center that provides government-funded medical care and social services to people older than 55 whose financial medicinal needs qualify them for nursing home care but are able to live at home with the right kind of assistance. PACE began in the early 1970s when community
At age 78, Trump is now the oldest presidential nominee in U.S. history, and the candidate known for mixing up names. When his book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” was published, JD Vance sent an email apologizing to a transgender friend from his Yale Law School days. In October 2014, in the wake of the killing of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old
Evaluation of nutritional status is critical, either to identify if an individual has nutritional imbalance due to an underlying condition or to assess if an individual is likely to develop a pathological condition due to nutritional imbalance. A detailed, systematic evaluation of a patient’s nutritional status conducted by healthcare providers in a team-based setting to
Researchers found a one-month condition of all RREM types of 20% in a large-scale resident-resident elder mistreatment (RREM) study. The researchers studied a sample of 2,011 residents from 10 facilities in New York. The study found verbal aggression to be most common at 9%, physical aggression at 5%, other forms of mistreatment at 5%, and
A new analysis released shows that the recently finalized minimum staffing rule would save 13,000 lives annually. Despite the fact this rule will save 13,000 lives, the nursing homes industry continues to push to have the rule blocked. Some in Congress have introduced legislation and resolutions to block the rule. Senator Elizabeth Warren announced the findings in a
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