nursing homes

Taking a Closer Look at Nursing Homes

Posted on 02/27/2012 by Patti Shea | Home & Family blogger | Comments

Home & FamilyEditor’s note: This is eighth in a series of posts by guest blogger Michelle Seitzer. For a series recap, please see links below. In the past, when all else failed (or when individuals outlived family and friends who could provide support), people turned to nursing homes. Not anymore, as this series has indicated. Thanks to assisted living, independent living, home care, urban villages, active adult communities and more, caregivers and seniors have an array of choices — and just in …

Nursing Homes in Illinois: The Next Steps

Posted on 02/16/2012 by AARP Illinois | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHello, readers. This is Gerardo with AARP Illinois’ Communications team. It was less than two years ago that advocates, legislators and state government got together to craft legislation that has significantly improved care and safety conditions for thousands of nursing home residents in Illinois. AARP was at the center of the reform along with SEIU, Illinois Citizens for Better Care, The Jane Addams Senior Caucus, and the Community Renewal Society. State Senators Heather Steans and Jacqueline Collins, and State Reps. …

The Takeaway: Nursing Home Care Improving—Mostly

Posted on 02/10/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsNursing home care in the United States is improving … except where it’s worst. An analysis of federal nursing home ratings by USA Today found that as most nursing homes improved, those given the lowest, one-star rating didn’t improve at all over the past three years.

The Takeaway: Medicare Extends Obesity Coverage; HHS Says Penalize Nursing Homes For Sedating Seniors

Posted on 12/1/2011 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsMedicare will now cover obesity counseling and screening to help eligible beneficiaries lose weight. And HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson says Medicare officials need to do more to stop nursing homes from drugging dementia patients withy psychiatric meds.

The Takeaway: ‘Partner Robots’ Help With Mobility; ‘Green Houses’ Make Nursing Homes More Homey

Posted on 11/1/2011 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsWhat’s made by Toyota, has no wheels but still helps you get from here to there? That would be the ‘independent walk assist,’ part of the auto manufacturer’s new line of high-tech health care products aimed at helping disabled or older adults get around … There are now 117 Green House nursing homes across the United States, and it’s not just the structure of these houses that’s different.

A few things to check out…

Posted on 07/23/2010 by Correy Robertson | Archived Contributor | Comments

Home & FamilyIn case you missed it yesterday, Elinor Ginzler, AARP Senior Vice President for Livable Communities, participated in a live chat on the Washington Post’s website, answering questions all about the financial and emotional costs of caring for elderly parents. Ginzler joined Paula Span, co-author of “When the Time Comes: Families With Aging Parents Share Their Struggles And Solutions,” the Washington Post’s Michelle Singletary in answering several reader questions about how to handle this important, and often times tough, situation. You …