Katrina deaths

Governor Refuses Blame in 35 Hurricane Deaths

LTC in Scotland and England

Still a confused story

The NHS - A Broken Trust

care worker killed in NH

Care worker in the UK stabbed to death at work in nursing home. Male resident arrested

Care worker stabbed to death at nursing home

androids

One possible solution for our staffing crunch

Androids to Lift Grandma

CMA poll

The CMA wakes up to Long Term Care. This poll published yesterday

Canadians Concerned Over Costs of Long-Term Care

The poll found:

- 55% were very or somewhat confident they would be able to cover long-
term care expenses and 43% were not;
- Most (37%) thought long-term care should be the top priority if
medicare were to be expanded, followed by home care (26%); prescription
drugs (18%); dental care (11%); and vision care (2%);
- Canadians were split evenly as to whether the government should cover a
portion of catastrophic drug expenses that exceed a certain amount of
income (40%), or 70% of all Canadians' prescription drug expenses
(40%). Only 16% said government should cover 100% of Canadians'
prescription drug expenses.
- 50% said governments should maintain 100% funding of doctor and
hospital services, even if individuals or their insurance would be
fully responsible for other services;
- 46% said governments should use existing funding to fund 70% of all
health care services including doctors' visits, hospital services, drug
coverage, home care and dental care, even if individuals or their
insurance would pay the difference.

Blue Water

Press release from the McGuinty government on LTC renewal in Ontario. 3,500 redeveloped beds a year in that province starting in 2008.

McGuinty Government Moving Forward on Redevelopment of Blue Water Rest Home

elder abuse

and so it goes on......a report out of the UK from a joint committee of MPs and peers

Elderly 'are being denied human rights'

Mexican nursing homes

This might be a choice for some

Mexican Nursing Homes Attract U.S. Residents

donepezil in severe AD

Dr Sandra Black and colleagues from Sunnybrook conduct a 24 week randomized double blind trial to test the efficacy of donepezil in severe AD ( mean MMSE around 7). Findings suggest modest benefit for cognition and global function. Patients had severe AD but were community dwelling and were also naive to the treatment intervention, perhaps this drug provides a 'once only' benefit in AD?

Donepezil preserves cognition and global function in patients with severe Alzheimer disease

resuscitation

failure to resuscitate in Illinois


Nursing home pays fine for not trying to resuscitate resident

Flu down under

Flu victims better off in nursing homes: AMA

St Rita's

Trial starts today. Owners did not obey mandatory evacuation order. 35 deaths
Katrina was responsible for 1,400 deaths in August 2005


Trial to Open for Owners of Nursing Home

omeprazole and esomeprazole risk ?

something new to worry about

Health Canada reviewing new safety information on cardiac events in patients taking Losec (omeprazole) or Nexium (esomeprazole)

glaucoma

Could we soon be treating glaucoma with dementia Rx?

Glaucoma Could Be Treated With Alzheimer's Drugs, New Study

H2 antagonists and cognitive impairment

2.5 x more common in African Americans ?


Cognitive impairment link found in older adults taking popular stomach acid medications