death of the nursing home

..the numbers speak for themselves.

The number of facilities has fallen by nearly 1,000 to about 15,700 since 2000. More than 80,000 beds have been shuttered over those nine years. And the number of Medicaid-only beds—those certified for long-term care stays-- has plunged by half since 1995, to about 114,000

Stelmach returns serve...

..no comment

move to assisted living...

..our somnolent opposition finally stirs....

bed closures

..all of this predicated on the creation of space in the community. Capacity problems are rampant and persistent across the country. Until decision-makers ( and consumers) realize that an integrated system of care is the only way to address this problem we will be stuck in an outdated and inefficient hospital-first oligarchy.

"What they said is that they have determined that there are 350 people in acute-care beds between Edmonton and Calgary that should not be in acute-care beds and that as those people are moved, the beds will be closed," she said.

The province will create 800 community-care places to accommodate these patients, which will include options like home care and assisted living, Smith said.

Steve Jobs

..this has to be good for organ donation...

placement woes in Montreal

..a systematic lack of attention to this health service area now blossoms with average LOS of residents in hospital waiting placement of 133 days! If we only ever see real change through crisis, long live this crisis!

neglect causing death

....you can't make this stuff up. Of course the line of accountability doesn't stop here but it is handy to have someone to embody the problem.