Woman believed to have been oldest person born in US dies in NY nursing home at 114
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House bill likely to include long-term health care Many elderly with dementia and kidney failure in nursing homes get futile care, studies showLOS ANGELES — A surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in nursing homes are suffering from futile care at the end of their lives, two new federally funded studies reveal. US nursing homes pushed to brink: fund cuts, recession force layoffs, cutbacks, closingsHARTFORD, Conn. — The nation’s nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services — possibly even closing — because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession and deep federal and state government spending cuts, industry experts say. Report: Government can better target poorly performing nursing homes in need of extra scrutinyWASHINGTON — A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report. Vexing issue of long-term health care for seniors, disabled absent from raging US debateMIAMI — Gillian Lloyd’s parents did everything right: They saved compulsively for their retirement and brought aides into their home when they needed help. Yet they still face impossible questions of how to continue paying for care in their final years. |
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