11
Sep
stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: AARP, aging in place options, caregiver shortages, cost effective care services, family caregivers and support, Federal LongTerm Care Commission, home and community-based care, home healthcare and cost savings, home healthcare industry and role in Long Term Care )LTC) advocacy, hospital readmissions, Lombardi program, long term care challenges, LTC and Medicare payments, Medicaid and institutional bias, Nursing Home Without Walls program and services, nursing homes, senior care, senior care coordination
by Liz Seegert The Federal Long Term Care Commission is about to issue a report on the deepening care crisis facing the nation’s aging population. Recently, several major organizations – including AARP and the National Council on Aging – have supported a greater role for home and community-based services, including home health care. Not […]
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05
Dec
By Audrey Kinsella In addition to the hands-off, low-touch medical devices we saw in October at the recent Connected Health conference (see HCTR, 11/28/12, “New Tools Help Patients Self-Manage Health, Chronic Conditions”), other vendors demonstrated devices that were somewhat more, shall we say, in your face. Avatars and Robots There is a new breed of […]
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