Proposal requires minimum standards for dementia care in Mass. nursing homes
Patient advocates called on state lawmakers today to close a loophole in Massachusetts law that allows nursing homes to advertise specialized Alzheimer’s and dementia care units, even though their workers may have no training in caring for such patients. About 200 supporters gathered at the State House to back a proposed law that would require the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which ...

HVS Financial Launches the Most Comprehensive, Accurate Long-Term Care Calculator to Help Boomers Plan for LTC Costs ...
DANVERS, MA-- - It is an indisputable fact that healthcare expenses rise exponentially in the final two years of life, and the main source of these costs are assisted living facilities and nursing homes. ...

No answers from care home probe a year after death
THE police inquiry into the death of a 59-year-old resident of an Edinburgh care home is still going on – a year after the tragic incident.

Ont. nursing homes need flexibility to handle abusive staff, residents: report
TORONTO - A nursing home industry group says Ontario's long-term care providers need more flexibility to accommodate residents with behavioural problems and ensure abuse is reported.

Retiring Boomers Need Minimum $240K Saved for Medical Expenses
Boomers will need more money than ever to cover medical expenses in their retirement, and experts say most haven’t saved enough.

Program brings music to nursing homes, hospice care
ST. LOUIS — A smile from a young child battling cancer was all it took for Maheetha Bharadwaj to begin her "Smiles with Music" project, which enlists teen volunteers to bring music to nursing homes and hospice care. The idea came to her while volunteering at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Maheetha, then 14, would sometimes spend time waiting for her mother, a physician, by playing piano in the lobby of ...

Ontario Nurses Association Pushes for Implementation of Long-Term Care Task Force Recommendations:
ONA says resident care and safety can't waitTORONTO , May 16, 2012 /CNW/ - While strongly supportive of the work of the Long Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety, the Ontario Nurses' Association ...

How to Fix Nursing Homes
Streamlining the rules that govern caregivers will improve seniors' quality of life.

How to Fix Nursing Homes: Treat Seniors Like Real Humans
Streamlining the rules that govern caregivers will improve seniors' quality of life.

Carole Herman: Suing Nursing Homes
Poor care and neglect are still too common an occurrence in the approximately 16,000 nursing homes in the United States.