Utah Legislature Passes Bill to Create Long Term Care Insurance Partnership Program
The state of Utah is posed to pass a bill that helps incentivize the purchase of Long Term Care Insurance and prepare state residents for the risk of long term care.
Senate Bill
S.B. 14 was sponsored by Senator Todd Weiler (R- Woods Cross) and introduced in the Senate on January 27th. The bill authorizes the Department of Health to set up a Long Term Care Partnership Plan for the state of Utah. It passed in the Senate on February 10th and in the House on February 26th. S.B. 14 is now awaiting the signature of Utah Governor Gary Herbert.
The bill isn’t[…]
Pennsylvania Long Term Care Commission Holds First Meeting
The Pennsylvania Long Term Care Commission met for the first time last week to sort out the details of their agenda for the year.
Pennsylvania Long Term Care Commission
On Monday, March 7, the Secretary of Public Welfare Beverly Mackereth and Secretary of Aging Brian Duke met with the other 23 members. The gathering was an organizational meeting to decide future meeting dates and locations and any other necessary information before they begin their work as commissioners.
Governor Tom Corbett created the Pennsylvania Long Term Care Commission on January 31, 2014 via executive order as part of his Healthy[…]
Long Term Care Providers Protest FDA’s Decision to Reclassify Hydrocodone Medications
Long term care providers are speaking out against a recent decision by the FDA to reclassify certain pain medications across the nation.
Reclassifying HCPs
Vicodin and similar painkillers are being reclassified from Schedule III drugs to Schedule II drugs, according to a proposal in the February 27 Federal Registrar, also known as the Daily Journal of the United States Government. Officials say these drugs have reached abuse levels that equate to an epidemic, which requires addressing.
Despite the widespread abuse, though, the hydrocodone medications also provide necessary pain relief to many kinds of people, including those in nursing homes suffering from long term[…]
New Blood Test Accurately Predicts Alzheimer’s, Researchers Say
A new blood test is making waves across the research community as researchers claim it can accurately predict whether or not a healthy person will ever develop Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s Blood Test
Researchers interested in finding a way to test for Alzheimer’s lead the study that looked at key indicators in the blood. They drew blood from hundreds of healthy adults over the age of 70 in both New York and California and waited to revisit those same patients. Five years later, 28 of those patients had developed the debilitating disease and scientists drew their blood again to search[…]
Nursing Home Rankings for 2014 Released
A new resource to help consumers choose a nursing home for long term care was released recently.
Best Nursing Homes 2014
US News & World Report published its Best Nursing Homes 2014. The resource lists the top ranked nursing homes in every state across the nation and includes nearly 16,000 facilities. The rankings can be searched by state and zip code and even include close to 100 of the country’s major metropolitan areas.
A new version of the rankings is released annually and 2014 is the 6th year in a row the resource has been published. In[…]
Actor Seth Rogen Speaks to Congress About Need for More Research on Alzheimer’s
Speaking on a cause close to his heart, Seth Rogen spoke to a mainly empty Senate subcommittee last week about the need to increase funding for Alzheimer’s research.
Congressional Hearing
The actor, whose mother-in-law suffers from the disease, gave a touching, and 
at times funny, speech during a Congressional hearing for the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services. He spoke of the hardships endured by his wife and her family, as they watched her mother slip away into the grips of dementia.
As Rogen pointed out, many people think of Alzheimer’s[…]
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