by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Medicine
With the difficulties involved, a suburban Illinois Medicare and benefits watchdog group plans to reach out to more disabled persons, limited English speakers, mentally ill patients, hearing- and vision-impaired individuals, welfare recipients and those new to...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care
While the field has garnered much research and debate, especially in the face of budget cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, caregiving is largely under-resourced and under-funded, national industry experts say. During a panel at the American Society on...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care
The idea came to Sherwin Sheik after seeing his family struggle to coordinate home health care for a blind, quadriplegic sister suffering from multiple sclerosis and a Lou Gehrig’s disease-stricken uncle needing around-the-clock care. Why not build a website and...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Nursing
In this MediPreneurs profile, PharmPsych.com decided to feature Sherrie Dornberger, RN, GDCN, CADDCT, CDP, CDONA, FACDONA, executive director of the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration/Long-Term Care, Inc. (NADONA) based in Cincinnati, Ohio,...
by Vladimire Herard | Nov 26, 2016 | CCO's Corner, Long Term Care
Long-term care consulting by pharmacists and physicians for patients and their families about the most relevant categories of care needed, the variety of healthcare services open to them and the use of prescription drugs improves the results of such decisions and...
