Health and Healthcare

Further Information Regarding Health and Healthcare

Nursing Homes Vs. Home Care - Is There Really Any Question?
There are tens of thousands of people living in nursing homes who would rather be living in their own homes, yet they remain in nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, or state hospitals because of a historic bias towards institutionalized care. The costs are higher, but that does not seem to matter. Taxpayers continue to pay the bills.

ADAPT Outrage Over Obama Healthcare Reform Exclusion
The AAPD's Justice For All Blog has presented an article related to President Obama's apparent betrayal of the Disability Community where health care reform is concerned. The Obama Administration has supported the CLASS Act, yet has neglected to support the Community Choice Act (CCA), according to the article. ADAPT, the nation's largest grassroots disability rights organization, has expressed a great deal of outrage because of this.

Persons with Learning Disabilities More Likely to Develop Eyesight Problems
The National Health System (NHS) in the United Kingdom has stated that thirty-percent of persons with a learning disability have a diagnosed visual impairment as well. What is frightening is that the NHS has also said that fifty-percent of persons with learning disabilities have an undiagnosed visual impairment, and have the potential to lose their vision unnecessarily.

Colorado State Medicaid Cuts People with Developmental Disabilities
America today finds many people struggling with costs related to everyday expenses such as groceries and utility bills, let alone the cost associated with medical care. People with disabilities on limited incomes as a result of the disabilities they experience, as well as the growing population of seniors in America, are finding themselves reaching for state services such as Medicaid because of the economic recession. But what about the persons with disabilities who have been on Medicaid for some time and were already struggling?

Cancer and Trojan Horse Therapy
While browsing through the news as I do every morning, I ran across an article related to cancer research being performed by a group of Australians through Sydney-based EnGeneIC. The story pleased me very much because it presented research that has the potential to end the need for persons who are experiencing different forms of cancer to ever endure chemotherapy again.

Hospitals Third Biggest Cause of Deaths
Did you know that if you become ill and you put yourself in the hands of "mainstream" medical care and need to be admitted to a hospital that the chances of you dying from an unrelated problem are high? In fact, in the USA, deaths from "iatrogenic" causes rank third after Heart Diseases and Cancer!