Becker's Hospital Review: ICU to Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH), Strategies for Smarter Care Transitions In this episode, Mike Fancher, Division Vice President for Kindred Hospitals Coastal Region, shares strategies for improving ICU to long-term acute care transitions, addressing compounding capacity ... ICU to Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH), Strategies for Smarter Care Transitions McKnight's Long-Term Care News: Study reveals major gaps in care transitions for people with multiple health conditions Healthcare professionals across Scotland have identified multiple system-wide barriers that prevent safe, high-quality care transitions for adults with multiple long-term conditions. The qualitative ...

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News: Hospital-to-home transitions fail seniors with dementia and multiple conditions, study reveals As cancer survival rates continue to rise, so does the need for effective long-term care. More than 18 million Americans are living after a cancer diagnosis—a number expected to reach 26 million by ... The Connecticut Mirror: Long-term care ombuds shares update on Bickford nursing home closure Mairead Painter, State Long Term Care Ombudsman speaks to the House Committee on Aging on bills regarding a potential tax credit for family caregivers and reforms to address issues with long term care ... McKnight's Long-Term Care News: Another state pulls back on managed care for some nursing home patients Even before it moves most long-term care patients into its managed Medicaid program, Nebraska has responded to provider concerns to protect beneficiaries with the most clinically complex conditions.

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BOSTON (SHNS) – Health officials are rolling out regulations to implement a 2024 law legalizing the use of certified medication aides in long-term care facilities, rules that supporters say will help ...