Copyright 2010 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/caregivers/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xpShttp://mnt.to/f/3xpSAine Brady T.D., Minister for Older People and Health Promotion, noted a report 'Analysis of Irish Home Care Market' by the Irish Private Home Care Association (IPHCA) on home care services in Ireland together with the response by the Health Service Executive (HSE)...Caregivers / Homecare Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xjmhttp://mnt.to/f/3xjmA new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship between children and their caregivers play an important role in their development...HIV / AIDS Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xjhhttp://mnt.to/f/3xjhA new study of young children in orphanages in Bucharest, Romania, has found that children placed in foster care before age 2 were more apt to develop secure attachments to their foster parents than those who entered foster care after age 2...Pediatrics / Children's Health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xjnhttp://mnt.to/f/3xjnThe amount of time children spend in institutional care may affect how their brains develop. That's the conclusion of a new study carried out by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital Boston, and the University of Minnesota. The study is published in Child Development in the journal's January/February 2010 issue...Neurology / Neuroscience Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x98http://mnt.to/f/3x98 The Seattle Times investigates Washington's practice of relocating some Medicaid patients from nursing homes to adult family homes. "Jeri Ringseth had no business being in an adult family home. Her physical and mental disabilities are so significant that she's spent most of her adult life in nursing homes or state hospitals. ...Seniors / Aging Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x5hhttp://mnt.to/f/3x5h In his latest Kaiser Health News column, Howard Gleckman writes: "President Barack Obama wants to increase funding for a government program intended to make it easier for family caregivers to get respite care. These hard-pressed families desperately need the helping hand. But the White House initiative is a symptom of all that is wrong with long-term-care policy in the U.S." (Kaiser Health News)...Caregivers / Homecare Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x6Chttp://mnt.to/f/3x6CIntensive care unit patients are not the only ones likely to be severely depressed in the aftermath of hospitalization...Caregivers / Homecare Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wXHhttp://mnt.to/f/3wXH USA Today: "One in five of the nation's 15,700 nursing homes have consistently received poor ratings for overall quality, a USA Today analysis of new government data finds...Caregivers / Homecare Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wTrhttp://mnt.to/f/3wTr Caregivers of severely injured veterans and their families face emotional and financial pressures and difficulty accessing military medical care. USA Today reports on the "thousands of unpaid caregivers - parents, spouses, siblings and war buddies - helping veterans injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars get through each day...Caregivers / Homecare Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wyphttp://mnt.to/f/3wypIntensive home-based nursing in HIV/AIDS patients significantly improves self-reported knowledge of HIV, awareness of medications, and self-reported adherence to medication programmes, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. One home-based care trial included in the review also significantly impacted on HIV stigma, worry, and physical functioning...HIV / AIDS Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wyshttp://mnt.to/f/3wysGiving people living in nursing facilities vitamin D can reduce the rate of falls, according to a new Cochrane Review. This finding comes from a study of many different interventions used in different situations. In hospitals, multifactorial interventions and supervised exercise programs also showed benefit...Seniors / Aging Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wwBhttp://mnt.to/f/3wwBEight out of 1ten people in charge of caring for a relative suffer from anxiety and stress, regardless of their socio-demographic variables. Families, and particularly daughters, assume the "informal care" of dependent elderly people in most of the cases...Caregivers / Homecare Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wtNhttp://mnt.to/f/3wtNConducted at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology from the University of Granada, the research reveals that the negative effects on the caregiver's physical, psychological and social development are highly associated with previous life history between caregiver and care receiver...Psychology / Psychiatry Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wgghttp://mnt.to/f/3wggThe American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a position paper to guide ethical relationships among patients, physicians, and caregivers. The Journal of General Internal Medicine has published "Family Caregivers, Patients and Physicians: Ethical Guidance to Optimize Relationships...Primary Care / General Practice Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wgjhttp://mnt.to/f/3wgjThe American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a position paper to guide ethical relationships among patients, physicians, and caregivers. The Journal of General Internal Medicine has published "Family Caregivers, Patients and Physicians: Ethical Guidance to Optimize Relationships...Caregivers / Homecare Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wbbhttp://mnt.to/f/3wbb As most sectors of the economy shed jobs last month, health care companies continued to defy the pattern and hire more people in a trend that's spanned more than two years, Kaiser Health News reports. The main reason is that people are reluctant to skip health care services, even when times are tight, economists say...Caregivers / Homecare Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vSTThe National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) praises a new report, Caregiving in the U.S. 2009, which offers a revealing portrait of the nearly one-in-three American adults who serve as a family caregiver. The study is based on interviews with 1,480 caregivers chosen at random and offers a national profile of people caring for adults, the elderly and children with special needs...Caregivers / Homecare Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vKFhttp://mnt.to/f/3vKFThe National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) praises a new report, Caregiving in the U.S. 2009, which offers a revealing portrait of the nearly one-in-three American adults who serve as a family caregiver. The study is based on interviews with 1,480 caregivers chosen at random and offers a national profile of people caring for adults, the elderly and children with special needs...Mental Health Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vJshttp://mnt.to/f/3vJs A study, published on Thursday in PLoS One, finds that the "care at orphanages [in developing countries] is often at least as good as that given by families who take in orphaned or abandoned children," challenging "the widespread belief that orphans in poor countries fare best in family-style homes in the community and should be put into orphanages only as a last resort," the ...Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vDChttp://mnt.to/f/3vDCWhat works for a spouse with dementia? Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who love them...Alzheimer's / Dementia Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vz2http://mnt.to/f/3vz2A large study of family child care providers shows that while nutrition standards are often met, most children ages 2 to 5 are not getting enough physical activity and are exposed to the television for most of the day...Pediatrics / Children's Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vtYhttp://mnt.to/f/3vtYIn his latest Kaiser Health News column, Howard Gleckman writes: "In the ongoing congressional debate over the CLASS Act - the proposed national long-term care insurance program - critics and supporters have been arguing over whether a benefit of $50- or even $75-a-day is worthwhile...Caregivers / Homecare Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vv6http://mnt.to/f/3vv6 "Embedded in sweeping health legislation passed by the House and being debated on the Senate floor is a major new federal insurance program," called the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, or Class Act, The New York Times reports...Seniors / Aging Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vm2http://mnt.to/f/3vm2Thirty percent of the home health care workers' compensation cases managed by Total Medical Solutions (TMS) were discharged prior to the "order-end date," the last date the physician had anticipated that services would be required. The figure comes from an internal review of 250 cases with an intake date between March 1 and July 15, 2009...Caregivers / Homecare Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vjhhttp://mnt.to/f/3vjh"A new study says almost one out of three adults in the U.S. currently serves as a caregiver," NPR reports. "The time and energy they put into caregiving becomes like an unpaid job. On average, they spend about 19 hours a week providing care, doing everything from bathing and dressing an elderly parent or loved one to balancing a checkbook or doing household chores...Caregivers / Homecare