Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
As the study explains, nursing homes are incentivized to hospitalize residents eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid because those patients can later return to the nursing home with a higher-paying Medicare benefit before transitioning back to long-term care with lower Medicaid day rates.
GeriPal
MARCH 2, 2023
J Am Geriatr Soc. JAGS 2022 Trends in Antipsychotic and Mood Stabilizer Prescribing in Long-Term Care in the U.S.: 2011-2014 JAMDA 2020 Efficacy of Gabapentinoids: Gabapentinoids for Pain: Potential Unintended Consequences. AFP 2019 Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults.
Chicago Caregiving
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
After her wife was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2011, Marsha Wetzel spent the next two years taking care of Judy, her partner of 30 years, until Judy entered hospice care. Suddenly, Wetzel, an older woman with a disability, was in need a place where she herself could receive long-term care.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
305 
Let's personalize your content