Personal data records raise legal, security issues.
BALTIMORE -- Personal health records may be the next step in the evolution of health information technology, but these electronic documents raise several legal and security issues for long-term care facilities. "PHRs might in fact have the opportunity to leapfrog over things that are happening in electronic...

Boomer or bust; your financial guide to retirement, health care, medicare, and long-term care.
0131881760 Boomer or bust; your financial guide to retirement, health care, medicare, and long-term care. Weisman, Steve. Prentice Hall 2007 272 pages $17.99 Paperback HG179 That elephant-inside-the-snake in the graphic describing...

Long-Term Care Organization Says Elderly May Lose Benefits, Options Under Governor's Budget.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- It appears that Ohio's elderly and convalescent could lose benefits and health care options under Governor Bob Taft's Executive Budget for FY 2002 and 2003, according to the president of Ohio's largest organization representing long-term health care professionals. While...

Leadership styles of nursing administrators in long-term care.
As the American population becomes an aging society, there is an increased demand for long-term health care facilities. Registered nurses in long-term care facilities are in administrative positions that are responsible not only for favorable health care, but also retaining employees, containing costs, obtaining reimbursement for services, and maintaining...

Water safety and disaster management procedures reported by Louisiana health care food service directors.
Introduction A disaster may be any natural or manmade event in which assistance is needed for a return to normal functioning (Puckett & Norton, 2002). For health care facilities, advance planning is essential to decreasing the severity of any damage or service interruptions. Each type of potential...

Salerno named to head IOM.
Judith A. Salerno, a national leader on aging research, long-term care, and other health policy issues related to aging, chronic disease, and disability, has been appointed as the new executive officer of the Institute of Medicine. Salerno comes to IOM from NIH's National Institute on Aging in...

Saving benefits for the future: more and more employers are concerned with promoting health and wellness in the workplace. They're faced with aging baby boomers and their replacements, 20-somethings who aren't so healthy themselves.
Healthy employees mean a healthy company. To achieve this goal, employers are looking for greater integration among their many workplace benefits programs, including workers' compensation, disability management, wellness and prevention--and even group health benefits. The guiding principles are that these programs will benefit all involved: the employee...

100% NCLEX pass rate in first year.
Flathead Valley Community College Kalispell-Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) has announced that all students enrolled in the college's first Practical Nursing Certificate program completed in August 2007 passed the National Council of State Board of Nursing's National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN) during their first...

The use of liberalized diets are another step toward resident-centered care.
As average lengths of stay in nursing homes increase for older Americans, these facilities are realizing their responsibility to promote and enhance each resident's quality of life. Liberalized diets may improve quality of life for these residents, as they lead to increased food intake and less malnutrition and dehydration....

Freddie Mac Offers Back-Up Elder Care for Employees.
New Innovative Benefit to Help Employees Juggle Career, Family Needs MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Recognizing the demands placed upon individuals with caregiving roles, Freddie Mac , one of the nation's largest investors in residential mortgages, is offering its approximately 5,300 employees a new back-up in-home...