Home For The Holidays: Leaving The Nursing Home During A Medicare-Covered Stay November 15, 2018 Late November begins a time for gatherings with family and friends – Thanksgiving, soon followed by the December holidays. Nursing home residents often want to participate in these gatherings but may worry that they will lose Medicare coverage if they…
If You’re Worried About Your Elderly Mother’s Pain You Should Be
By Josh Bloom — September 22, 2019 My mother is one of the “lucky ones.” She has a devoted family and caretaker, is able to live in her own home, and doesn’t have to worry about choosing between food and prescription medications. But she is also 92 and recently her chronic back pain has gotten severe enough…
The Opioid Risk Been Weaponized Against Pain Patients
September 21, 2019 By Dr. Lynn Webster, PNN Columnist I was surprised and deeply disappointed to learn this week that people have been denied opioid prescriptions due to their responses on the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT). As a guest on the DPP Rally Talk Show with Claudia Merandi, I heard from a caller who told…
For Immediate Release: Don’t Punish Pain Nationwide Rally/Protest
Who: Chronically Ill Patients and Healthcare Providers What: The 5th Don’t Punish Pain Rally Nationwide Protest When: October 16, 2019 11AM – 1PM Where: Medical Board of California 2005 Evergreen Street Sacramento, CA 95815 All Rallies: https://dontpunishpainrally.com/rallies-chart/ The 5th “Don’t Punish Pain Rally” will be held nationwide on October 16, 2019. While attempting to rein in the abuse…
OVERDOSE DEATH MORE LIKELY AFTER COMING OFF OPIOIDS FOR PAIN
SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2019POSTED BY BOBBI NODELL-WASHINGTON (Credit: Getty Images) Patients coming off opioids for pain were three times more likely to die of an overdose in the years that followed, research shows. “We are worried by these results, because they suggest that the policy recommendations intended to make opioid prescribing safer are not working as intended,” says…
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