According to the American Diabetes Association, the inflation-adjusted cost of insulin increased 24% from 2017 to 2022. The expense leads many to ration their medication, which can have disastrous and even fatal consequences. Thanks to 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, the cost of insulin continues to decline. Biden’s legislation included limiting the cost of insulin for Medicare
McKnight’s reported on a new study that finds nursing home ownership changes may be a symptom of poor nursing home quality, rather than the cause of it. Researchers from the University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine evaluated the impact of 1,459 sales on about 11,000 nursing homes and their short-stay patients. It was not
Jasmine L. Travers, Ph.D., MHS, RN, is an assistant professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and affiliated faculty of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. She is an expert in nursing home staffing. She wrote the below for U.S. News. Airplanes don’t take off unless they have sufficient staff, but nursing homes do.
I saw a recent article about the Japanese practice of ubasute. You see, like America, Japan is getting older with over 15% of the population aged over 75 and a staggering 29.1% aged 65 and above. Individuals who have dedicated their youth to productivity and societal contributions are now perceived as burdens and, shockingly, face
Let’s hope for safe staffing in 2024. Happy New Year! Richard J. Mollot is executive director of the Long-Term Care Community Coalition. He recently said staffing problems have been created by the industry itself. The industry has been saying for years that they don’t have enough funding to hire staff,” Mollot said, adding that “sophisticated”
The pandemic has receded. Murders fell sharply across the U.S. in 2023, according to the F.B.I. Detroit is on track to record its fewest homicides since the 1960s. Rents are softening, and gas prices and crime rates are falling. The U.S. economy is on track to end 2023 with vigorous growth for the year at an annualized rate of nearly 2.6%
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