UCLA Memory Program Offers ‘Gym For Your Brain’
Games, stories, tai chi and dancing help patients -- and caregivers -- cope with memory loss
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Games, stories, tai chi and dancing help patients -- and caregivers -- cope with memory loss
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously ordered an audit Tuesday of how the public health department oversees nursing homes.
They say they were trying to help clear a California backlog of 9,000 cases. Elder care advocate calls the move "unconscionable."
They work with doctors to assess patients, spot medication errors and even write prescriptions.
Many former foster kids are entitled to Medicaid coverage until they turn 26 but eligibility workers ? and they themselves
Skid Row clinics in Los Angeles and other locations around the country are educating and enrolling homeless people in new health coverage, but mental illness and drug addiction pose challenges.
People with HIV and AIDS can get private insurance, but advocates say that doesn't guarantee access to high quality care.
Even in California, the path to finalizing new insurance coverage can be long and arduous.
The entertainment industry relies heavily on freelancers and independent contractors who rarely are able to gain health insurance through their employers. Though the health law might help some, people in this industry still sometimes face difficulties in the health care system.
Overcoming distrust of government won't be easy in Bell and Cudahy, and neither will signing up 60 percent of the residents for Covered California insurance.
A growing subspecialty that manages pain and stress for the seriously ill saves money, increases patient satisfaction and lengthens lives.
Dismal enrollment numbers in October spark cry for action.
More important than age, however, will be how healthy or unhealthy the enrollees are. Those who are sick are more motivated to sign up early, researchers said.
New insurance marketplaces around the country are weighing whether to offer voter registration to people signing up for health insurance. The issue could cause political and legal fights across the nation.
The state mistakenly told consumers in the "bridge to reform" program that they may have to switch doctors as they transition to Medicaid.
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