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Nursing Homes Booting Out Patients In Increasingly High Rates When Lucrative Medicare Coverage Ends
The nursing homes, they know the system and they really game it to where they maximize their advantage,” said Tony Chicotel, a lawyer at California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, a nonprofit group. Federal regulators are seeking ways to step up enforcement on discharge laws.
States are supposed to keep track of cases involving the abuse, neglect, exploitation or unexplained death of Medicaid beneficiaries in assisted living facilities. But a report from the Government Accountability Office said more than half of the states were unable to provide information on the number or nature of such cases.
In California, Millennials Have Surpassed Baby Boomers To Become Largest Generation Of Caregivers
Thirty-nine percent of California millennials are caregiving for a child, parent or, most likely, a grandparent.
Despite Being Eligible For It, Many Nursing Home Patients Aren’t Receiving Palliative Care
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illness.
Fallout From Rolling Back DACA Would Ripple Through Health Care Industry
Surveys of DACA beneficiaries reveal that about one-fifth of them work in the health care and educational sector, suggesting a potential loss of tens of thousands of workers from in-demand job categories like home health aide and nursing assistant.
Redding Doctor Booked On Suspicion Of Sexually Abusing Eight Minors
Police say they also found child pornography when they searched the office, home and a storage unit of Dr. Benjamin Shettell.
As ‘Deaths Of Despair’ Among White Adults Spike, Researchers Identify Root Causes
Husband-and-wife economists find links between the job market and the mortality-rate jump among middle-aged, less-educated white Americans from drugs, alcohol-related diseases and suicide.
Retiree Health Care Costs For Palm Springs Exceeds Those Of Nearby Cities
Other local stories report on growing access to e-cigarettes, medical marijuana challenges doctors face and a UC San Diego professor who planned his own colon surgery through virtual reality.
Starting A Senior Care Franchise Can Be Daunting, But Bay Area’s Demand Is Booming
Startup costs alone can be around $90,000.
Diet Plays A Role In Fending Off Dementia, Expert Says
Brain foods such as berries and fish can help people of any age ward off Alzheimer’s and dementia, UC Davis nutrition expert Liz Applegate says.
