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Members of Congress and others complain Medicare鈥檚 revamped Plan Finder had problems. Federal officials say they can help consumers who got bad information change their plans next year. But details about how switching will work are yet to come.
Harvard psychiatrist Arthur Kleinman shed his 鈥渧eil of ignorance鈥 during 11 years serving as the primary family caregiver for his wife, who had a rare form of early Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. In a new book, 鈥淭he Soul of Care,鈥 he offers suggestions for transforming health care 鈥 just as caregiving transformed him.
Millions of injuries and malfunctions once funneled into a hidden Food and Drug Administration database are now available.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Family caregivers are the backbone of our nation鈥檚 system of long-term care for older adults. Every year, more than 34 million unpaid caregivers 鈥 mostly family members 鈥 provide essential aid to adults age 50 and older, helping with tasks such as bathing or dressing and, increasingly, performing complex medical tasks such as managing medications, dressing wounds and operating medical equipment.
A federal audit of 19 California nursing homes released today found hundreds of violations of safety and emergency standards, putting vulnerable nursing home residents at increased risk of injury or death during a wildfire or other disaster.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.
A long illness creates a real risk: that the relationship will be undermined and essential emotional connections lost.
Dozens of frail nursing home residents have been informed by their Medi-Cal managed care plans that they are no longer eligible for long-term care. Some health care advocates and legal aid attorneys fear that such terminations will increase as the state implements mandatory managed care for nursing home residents.
More baby boomers look forward to aging in place 鈥 in their homes, rather than in a care facility. But the costs of retrofitting a house is likely prohibitive for many Americans.
In what experts call an "epidemic of immobility," older hospital patients remain stuck in bed, their movements tracked by loud and ineffective bed alarms, losing muscle mass that's key to their health and daily functioning.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
The notion of a national program to tend to the day-to-day needs of a booming older population has circulated for years. Now, there are grants 鈥 and grit 鈥 behind it.
For more than a decade, customers used the online plan finder to compare dozens of policies. Yet after a redesign of the website, the search results no longer list which plan offers a customer the best value. Federal officials say it will be fixed before enrollment begins next week.
The president鈥檚 directive, which he said is designed to give beneficiaries more choices in their health care, could lead to higher costs for seniors. Final rules are to be written by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Starting today, Medicare is keeping half a billion dollars in payments from 83% of general hospitals for having too many patients come back.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Knowing when 鈥 and how 鈥 to limit a loved one鈥檚 access to digital devices is akin to taking their car keys.
Passengers on massive cruise ships could be struck by norovirus or accidents ranging from falls to broken bones. Then what?
By 2030, an estimated 1 in 5 Californians will be 65 or older, and the state is creating a 鈥渕aster plan鈥 to address their needs. Lawmakers, advocates, local officials and others gathered in Sacramento on Monday to tackle issues of greatest concern, such as long-term care and housing for low-income seniors.
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