ElderLaw News Archive: April, 2004
In this Issue...
- Study Ranks Best and Worst Cities for Nursing Home Care
- 10 Things a Home Care Agency May Not Tell You -- and the Industry's Response
- BOOK REVIEWS: Three Guides to Surviving a Hospital Stay
- Senate Publication Helps Elderly Avoid Tax Overpayment
Study Ranks Best and Worst Cities for Nursing Home Care
Detroit is the worst city for nursing home care and Los Angeles is the best, according to a new survey by Health Grades, Inc., a Denver company that measures health care quality.
More than half of the nursing facilities in Detroit had four or more violations that caused actual harm to a resident over the last four years. By contrast, only 2 percent of Los Angeles facilities had four or more violations that caused harm.
10 Things a Home Care Agency May Not Tell You -- and the Industry's Response
Although home health care is a seemingly attractive alternative to nursing home care, it has some serious drawbacks that agency brochures usually fail to mention, according to a controversial article that appeared on the SmartMoney Web site.
Linked to our summayr of this article is a response from the home care industry asserting that home care, when provided appropriately, can greatly enhance the quality of life and provide a good value for those in need.
BOOK REVIEWS: Three Guides to Surviving a Hospital Stay
Increasingly, it's becoming the responsibility of the patient or his or her family and friends to zealously advocate for good care during a hospital stay. Responding to this new reality, three books - all by medical professionals - offer inside tips on how to not only survive a hospital stay but to come home healthier than when you went in.
Senate Publication Helps Elderly Avoid Tax Overpayment
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging has issued the latest edition of "Protecting Older Americans Against Overpayment of Income Taxes." The goal of the nine-page publication is to help seniors save as much as they can on taxes.
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