Nursing home Related Topics 
Hospice News
MARCH 3, 2025
Stymied Medicaid reimbursement for nursing home room and board could threaten access to care for hospice patients in California and possibly other states. The issue centers around patients in nursing homes who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. One plan alone owes the nonprofit provider more than $500,000.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
This is particularly true for people living in the nation’s 15,000-plus nursing homes. The grant, spread out over a five-year period, will be put toward the team’s creation of a national network structure that seeks to include more nursing home residents in clinical trials. As the U.S. Dr. Kathleen T.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 27, 2024
How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle Palliative care providers have increasingly leveraged their services ability to improve quality and generate cost savings among seriously ill patients, with more of these organizations seeking out collaborations with rehabilitation teams in skilled nursing facilities (SNF).
Caregiver Support Services
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
If you’ve acted as a caregiver to a loved one and have decided to move them to a care home or nursing home, you’ve already made a difficult decision. In a perfect world, we wouldn’t have to worry about neglect or abuse in nursing homes. Unfortunately, not every facility is created equally. Check it out below.
Hospice News
JULY 24, 2024
Palliative care is grossly underutilized in nursing home settings, but providers can develop new tools that could bring those services to more residents, a recent study has found. It’s inherent in the nature of the people we serve in the nursing home setting.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The long term care company Mission Health Services has acquired Utah-based Angel’s Crossing Home Hospice. Mission is a nonprofit provider of nursing home, assisted living, short term care, memory care and therapy services. The M&A advisory firm Agenda Health facilitated the transaction. Financial terms were undisclosed.
GeriPal
JANUARY 23, 2025
Finally, we discuss Michelle Oddens study, which used a target trial emulation approach to investigate the effects of deprescribing antihypertensive medications on cognitive function in nursing home residents. Michelle, you looked at this for nursing home patients deprescribing antihypertensives, is that right?
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