[net-gold] LTC Articles
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- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:15:15 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:05:26 -0600
From: "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] LTC Articles
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LTC Articles
U.S. News ranks top nursing homes
Nursing home trends emphasize tailoring
care to each individual resident's
needs and desires, according to a
U.S. News & World Report story about its
latest rankings for the long-term care
facilities. Nursing homes that score
well focus on creating an environment
that is homey and give nurses
and staff flexibility and freedom.
U.S. News & World Report (1/11)
<snip>
So residents' wishes and dignity are put
first. Restrictive visiting hours are
disappearing; arrangements are being made
for opposite-sex roommates. "This is how
care can and should be delivered," says
Kantor.
<http://tinyurl.com/ybzgmx2>
Other links in the article above
(which is about a Pioneer facility and
culture change):
America's Best Nursing Homes
<http://tinyurl.com/bebzn5>
Best Nursing Homes: The Honor Roll
<http://tinyurl.com/ydkxz6c>
Best Nursing Homes: Behind the Rankings
<http://tinyurl.com/yehzzmc>
Best Nursing Homes Definitions
<http://tinyurl.com/yc7mnzj
The 10 States With the Highest
Percentages of Best Nursing Homes
<http://tinyurl.com/y9p4xuy>
10 States With the Lowest Percentages
of Best Nursing Homes
<http://tinyurl.com/yafs97x>
Nursing Homes With a Track Record
a Bad One (SFF)
<http://tinyurl.com/y995twh>
Be Sure a Nursing Home
Is Doing Its Job
<http://tinyurl.com/yejr3hl>
Overmedication in the Nursing Home
New York Times (blog)
By PAULA SPAN
The number jumped out at me as I was
reading a newly published study on
mental health treatment in nursing
homes.
<snip>
Within three months of admission,
a team of University of South Florida
researchers determined, 71 percent of
Medicaid residents in Florida nursing
homes were receiving a psychoactive
medication an antidepressant or
anti-psychotic, say, or dementia drugs
even though most were not taking such
drugs in the months before they moved
in and didn't have psychiatric diagnoses.
Fifteen percent of residents were taking
four or more such medications. But only
12 percent were getting nondrug
treatments like behavioral therapy.
<http://tinyurl.com/ycjnpwm>
Antipsychotics Still Widely Used
in U.S. Nursing Homes
BusinessWeek
11 (HealthDay News) --
Many Americans in nursing homes still get
powerful antipsychotic medications,
despite recent attempts by the
US government to rein in ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/
content/healthday/634855.html>
Reducing Suicidal Ideation and Depression
in Older Primary Care Patients:
The ...
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)
Additional efforts beyond depression
treatment and reduced access to
firearms could include enhanced medical
and social support as well as pain
management. ...
<http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/
content/full/167/1/102-a>
"Barbara Acello, RN"
<bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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