| Push to more home health care
COLUMBUS -- Shifting Medicaid funding to home health-care providers from nursing homes and comparable facilities could save the state hundreds of millions of dollars annually, according to a study unveiled by an advocacy group Monday. The Ohio Council for Home Care released the findings of "An Economic Study of Long-Term Care Costs in Ohio" during a press conference at the Statehouse. It commissioned the Columbus firm of Levin, Driscoll & Fleeter (at a cost of $25,000) to assemble and analyze Medicaid and health-related data; the information will be provided to the governor's office and lawmakers in advance of budget deliberations. "The study has confirmed what we have long understood -- that Ohioans on Medicaid who wish to remain in their homes should be provided with that opportunity," said Kathleen Anderson, the council's executive director.
Resolution would boost size of planned nursing home in Albany ...
A group of Albany County legislators is seeking the construction of a larger skilled nursing home than has been officially proposed. The 17 Democratic legislators have submitted a resolution calling for the county to build a 250-bed home to replace two older facilities, the Ann Lee Home & Infirmary and the Albany County Nursing Home. County Executive Michael Breslin has proposed a 150-bed home. .
Nursing homes not only housing option
Do you know a senior who might be safer and happier living in a different home or apartment? We're not talking about nursing homes, but a number of other housing options that are available to seniors in the Broome County area. These options include independent living apartments as well as housing that offers supervision and support. In addition to housing already available in our area, you may have seen or read about new construction or renovations in progress that are designed with seniors in mind. That's because with one in five Broome County residents being over the age of 60 -- and over 40 percent of Broome seniors being 75 and older -- senior housing is a much-needed alternative when living in your own residence is no longer desirable or feasible. Provided here are housing alternatives that are available to you as a senior, along with a brief description of what these options can provide.
Nursing home aide to face patient-abuse charges
XENIA — — A former nursing home aide accused of hitting a male resident in the face is scheduled to be in Greene County Common Pleas Court next week on a charge of patient abuse. Keyetta Keller, 22, is free pending arraignment Feb. 16. The charge stems from a report by Wright Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 829 Fairborn-Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn, accusing Keller of hitting the resident July 10. .
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