Approximately twenty percent of hospitalized Medicare patients return to the hospital within a month, costing the program billions of dollars each year. The American Hospital Association calls that “bounceback”. To help reverse that trend, Medicare has been using what they … Continue reading →
Continue ReadingIt looks like more of our elderly are dying at home rather than in the hospital according to the CDC. Their statistics for nursing home deaths edged slightly higher however. Since 1989 the percentage of deaths in hospitals for those … Continue reading →
Continue ReadingThe fate of many important health reforms aimed directly at seniors is in the hands of the Supreme Court. While the public has focused most of its attention on whether the High Court will strike down the individual mandate in the 2010 health reform law, the justices today are hearing arguments about another critical issue: What should happen to the […]
Continue ReadingAnyone with an aging parent knows how frustrating it can be for that parent to be released from the hospital after a few days confined mostly to bed. Even if a mother or father is in pretty good shape and not terribly ill, regaining previous mobility a…
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