Who will provide dental care for housebound people with oral problems?

Understanding the people who provide care.

Who will care for the caregivers?

Research shows that stable leadership provided by a nursing home's director of nursing (DON) is the foundation of good quality. Conversely, a high DON turnover often results in a quality meltdown at all levels. A recent study, seeking to uncover the root causes of DON turnover, looked at 103 DONs working in Virginia nursing homes. Although DONs overwhelming affirmed their role and agreed that t...

Who will care for the women?

This paper describes the long-term care system in the United States – what longterm care is, who needs it, in what settings it is provided, and who pays for it. It shows that a substantial portion of the people who need long-term care rely on unpaid care from family and friends, mainly women. It shows that almost half of people who receive paid care, receive it in institutional settings, despit...

Who will care for the frail elderly?

Demographers are calling it the “Silver Tsunami”. Dramatic world-wide increases in lifespan over the last 60 years coupled with seriously declining birthrates have created a brave new world wherein a growing number of older people are being supported by a shrinking number of younger workers. This is creating a strain on economies, on government resources and on the families and friends of older...

Who will care for tomorrow's children with benign hematological conditions?

Over the past decades pediatric hematologists have greatly contributed to the field of Medicine in a variety of ways. The unraveling of the molecular basis of thalassemia for example has enabled us to diagnose this disease pre-natally. Pediatric hematologists also identified the molecular basis for bone marrow failure syndromes and chronic granulomatous disease, and established effective treatm...