Health visiting and community matrons: progress in partnership.
Abstract Since primary care services face their biggest challenges in the reorganisation of the NHS, a major theme for future service delivery is the effective management of clients with long-term conditions. Nationally, PCTs are committed to preparing experienced, senior nurses as community matrons, who will lead integrated...

Retiree health costs $225,000.
A 65-year-old couple retiring in 2008 will need approximately $225,000 to cover medical expenses in retirement, according to Fidelity Investments' most recent health care cost estimate. The estimate assumes individuals do not have employer-sponsored retiree coverage and includes expenses associated with Medicare Part B and D premiums (30% of...

Retiree health costs $225,000.
A 65-year-old couple retiring in 2008 will need approximately $225,000 to cover medical expenses in retirement, according to Fidelity Investments' most recent health care cost estimate. The estimate assumes individuals do not have employer-sponsored retiree coverage and includes expenses associated with Medicare Part B and D premiums (30% of...

Risk assessment and fall prevention: practice development in action.
ABSTRACT Amongst the health disciplines, nurses spend the most time with patients providing most of the supervision in care. Therefore, nurses have a primary role to play in contributing to knowledge surrounding the best methods of assessment of risk and prevention of adverse events. According to the...

PA Governor Rendell Praises State Essay Winner; Five 10th Graders Honored at Health Careers Week Capitol Ceremony.
Career Expo Kicks Off Statewide Health Careers Week, Nov. 13-17 HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today praised Lackawanna County 10th grader Katie Cosgrove for her winning Health Careers Week 2006 essay, and encouraged Pennsylvania's young adults to consider careers in the...

10th Graders Named Regional Winners of Health Careers Essay Contest.
Students from Allegheny, Blair, Lackawanna, Lawrence and Northampton Counties Compete for State Title HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced the five regional winners of the 2006 Health Careers Week statewide essay contest. The contest invited high school sophomores to write essays...

November elections yield victory for popular public health causes.
Public health was the victor across the country on Election Day in November, with voters approving state ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage, protect access to reproductive health services and curb tobacco smoke in public places. Among the most-watched state ballot initiatives--and one of the most...

What happens when hospital-based skilled nursing facilities close? A propensity score analysis.
In recent decades, postacute care services, which include skilled nursing facility (SNF) care, inpatient rehabilitation, and home health care, have emerged as an important component of the Medicare program and the U.S. health care system as a whole. In 2002, Medicare's spending on SNFs, home health agencies, and other...

How many long term care beds in BC? Minister's count differs from CCPA's.
VANCOUVER -- The British Columbia Health Minister and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives are in a dispute over the count of long term care and home health services in the province. "The CCPA issued a report, Continuing Care Renewal or Retreat? BC Residential and Home Health...

On breast cancer detection, directors of nursing and female residents: a study in rural long-term care.
ABSTRACT Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality in women throughout the world. Rural women have a higher risk of dying from breast cancer than do their urban counterparts. Breast cancer incidence rises sharply with age, and research on breast cancer screening for the old-old women...