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Desperate families search for affordable home care

It's a good day when Frank Lee, a retired chef, can slip out to the hardware store, fairly confident that his wife, Robin, is in the hands of reliable help. He spends nearly every hour of every day anxiously overseeing her care at their home on the Isle of Palms, a barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina.

4 Dec 2023

Mass General Brigham partners with Annalise.ai to develop AI-enabled diagnostic products

Mass General Brigham and Annalise.ai today announced a collaboration to bring together their complementary expertise, capabilities and technology to build and implement AI-enabled diagnostic products.

27 Nov 2023

A guide to long-term care insurance

If you're wealthy, you'll be able to afford help in your home or care in an assisted living facility or a nursing home. If you're poor, you can turn to Medicaid for nursing homes or aides at home.

22 Nov 2023

Adult children discuss the trials of caring for their aging parents

I am 39 years old. I had to care for my father, who passed from cancer in 2019; my mother, who passed in November 2021 from cancer; and since my mother's passing, I have inherited the care of my grandmother.

14 Nov 2023

What long-term care looks like around the world

Around the world, wealthy countries are struggling to afford long-term care for rapidly aging populations.

14 Nov 2023

Facing financial ruin as costs soar for elder care

Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French teacher, is desperately trying to protect her retirement savings by caring for her 82-year-old husband, who has severe dementia, at home in Seattle.

14 Nov 2023

New gel delivery system overcomes challenges of intratumoral cancer immunotherapy

Intratumoral therapy – in which cancer drugs are injected directly into tumors – is a promising treatment option for solid cancers but has shown limited success in clinical trials due to an inability to precisely deliver the drug and because most immunotherapies quickly dissipate from the site of injection.

13 Nov 2023

One in five individuals taking nirmatrelvir-ritonavir therapy found to experience rebound COVID

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham found that one in five individuals taking Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir therapy, commonly known as Paxlovid, to treat severe symptoms of COVID-19, experienced a positive test result and shedding of live and potentially contagious virus following an initial recovery and negative test-;a phenomenon known as virologic rebound.

13 Nov 2023

Fluorescence lifetime imaging shows promise for improved tumor detection

Removing a patient's tumor while sparing healthy tissue requires exquisite precision, but often surgeons must rely on their eyes and hands to determine where to cut.

16 Oct 2023

Study shows outsized toll of dementia on family caregivers and finances

Most people think of dementia as something that affects a person's brain. But a new study shows just how much damage it does to a person's wallet and bank account too – as well as the higher demands it places on their family members.

16 Oct 2023

Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients

Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in March when she got surprising news from her Medicare Advantage plan: It would no longer pay for her care because she was well enough to go home.

5 Oct 2023

American College of Cardiology releases workbook on home-based cardiac care

The health care landscape has undergone rapid changes in recent years, requiring clinicians and stakeholders to consider innovative ways to provide care in traditional and non-traditional settings.

26 Sep 2023

Nurse practitioner education incorporates transitional care model to improve care coordination for older adults

Managing transitions in care for older adults and their family caregivers, no matter the care setting, is especially challenging in a rapidly changing health care system.

25 Sep 2023

Cognitive behavioral therapy can significantly reduce the burden of fibromyalgia

Patients living with fibromyalgia (FM) – a disease that predominantly affects women and is characterized by chronic pain, fatigue and brain fog – often find limited treatment options and a scarcity of explanations for their symptoms.

20 Sep 2023

Rural nursing home supporters fear proposed staffing standards will trigger more closures

Many rural communities like this one face a health care dilemma: Is it better to have a nursing home that struggles to hire workers or no nursing home at all?

15 Sep 2023

Open Dialogue treatment model reduces out-of-home mental health care for adolescents

In a ten-year registry follow-up, adolescents treated according to the Open Dialogue treatment model had a lower risk of receiving out-of-home care compared to those receiving other forms of mental health treatment.

5 Sep 2023

Biden administration proposes new standards to boost nursing home staffing

The nation's most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed on Friday by the Biden administration, the greatest change to federal nursing home regulations in three decades.

1 Sep 2023

Exclusive: CMS study sabotages efforts to bolster nursing home staffing, advocates say

The Biden administration last year promised to establish minimum staffing levels for the nation's roughly 15,000 nursing homes. It was the centerpiece of an agenda to overhaul an industry the government said was rife with substandard care and failures to follow federal quality rules.

29 Aug 2023

People over 60s with the unhealthiest lifestyles more likely to require nursing home admission

Over 60s with the unhealthiest lifestyles are significantly more likely to require admission to a nursing home than their peers with the healthiest lifestyles, suggest the findings of a large population study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

24 Aug 2023

Study shows potential for generative AI to increase access and efficiency in healthcare

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham has found that ChatGPT was about 72 percent accurate in overall clinical decision making, from coming up with possible diagnoses to making final diagnoses and care management decisions.

22 Aug 2023

Home Care News and Research

Desperate families search for affordable home care

Mass General Brigham partners with Annalise.ai to develop AI-enabled diagnostic products

A guide to long-term care insurance

Adult children discuss the trials of caring for their aging parents

What long-term care looks like around the world

Facing financial ruin as costs soar for elder care

New gel delivery system overcomes challenges of intratumoral cancer immunotherapy

One in five individuals taking nirmatrelvir-ritonavir therapy found to experience rebound COVID

Fluorescence lifetime imaging shows promise for improved tumor detection

Study shows outsized toll of dementia on family caregivers and finances

Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients

American College of Cardiology releases workbook on home-based cardiac care

Nurse practitioner education incorporates transitional care model to improve care coordination for older adults

Cognitive behavioral therapy can significantly reduce the burden of fibromyalgia

Rural nursing home supporters fear proposed staffing standards will trigger more closures

Open Dialogue treatment model reduces out-of-home mental health care for adolescents

Biden administration proposes new standards to boost nursing home staffing

Exclusive: CMS study sabotages efforts to bolster nursing home staffing, advocates say

People over 60s with the unhealthiest lifestyles more likely to require nursing home admission

Study shows potential for generative AI to increase access and efficiency in healthcare

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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