Holy Cross closed

Holy Cross nursing home shut by CHR

smoking

not before time, some might say
Nursing-home smokers get tough love from premier

fraud

Democratic hopeful Barrack Obama calls for investigation into LTC insurance fraud ( 1 in 4 claims in California were denied in 2005)

Barack Obama Renews His Call for Investigation into Long-Term Care Abuse During Community Meeting on Health Care in Iowa

chronic disease management and COPD

A systematic review finds in favour of chronic disease management interventions for hospitalization and unscheduled visits but no effect on mortality.


Systematic Review of the Chronic Care Model in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevention and Management

Nova Scotia

new beds
The government has promised 832 beds by 2010

Northside, Sydney get 64 nursing home beds

Interview with Dr Robert Kane

Well known geriatrician and recent co-author of It Shouldn’t Be This Way: The Failure of Long-Term Care is interviewed by some older bloggers

Dr. Kane Answers Your Questions About Long-Term Care

alleged abuse in an Ottawa home

A reminder to document all bruising.

Nursing home residents abused