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Death Panels For New York State Elderly

 

New York State Cuts Home Health Care;

 

Elders and Disabled Forced into Substandard Nursing Homes

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

On April 1, 2011, the 2011-2012 New York State Budget Bill changed the way payments to providers of Medicaid-funded Certified Home Health Care Agencies (CHHAs) were calculated.

Reduction of Bed Hold Days Leads to Nursing Home Eviction

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

As readers of My Elder Advocate Blog are well aware, we often speak about the grave danger to elders who are evicted from Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Adult Homes. A nursing home eviction often leads to disorientation, loss of identity, depression, and death.

 

Wii by Nintendo: An Effective Way For Elders To Exercise and Have Fun

 

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

As I travel across the country visiting with my clients in Nursing Homes and other long-term care facilities, I find that a majority of our nursing home residents aren’t getting the proper exercise to help them maintain mobility and their health.

As you may be aware, at least 70% of our elders enter a nursing home because they require physical rehabilitation after a fall or stroke. They spend a brief time in the hospital and are quickly sent (some too quickly) to a rehabilitation center that most of the time is a nursing home.

What some nursing homes won’t do to make a buck! It’s downright disgusting!

 

By Jack Halpern

One of my pet peeves with  is that there is no rhyme or reason to how they choose their residents. The only goal is to “fill” a bed without regard to how a potential resident will get along with other residents.