On July 31, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final 2014 Medicare payment and regulatory update for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, which includes a 2.3 percent increase in Medicare payments effective on October 1, 2013. 

A recent study conducted by American and German scientists found that vitamin D deficiency not only inhibits the formation of new bone but also accelerates aging of existing bone, according to an article in Medical News Today.

Mary Moretti Physical activity has been shown to minimize the losses in physical and mental resources that accompany aging. But if the goal is to increase physical strength and conditioning while improving cognition and spatial memory, aerobic exercise is ideal. Recent research from Medical News Today builds on

New research shows that merely observing others perform physical tasks can activate the damaged regions of stroke patients’ brains. Through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers at the University of Southern California found that the activity was strongest when stroke patient

Long-Term Living Magazine recently highlighted the importance of using proven staffing practices for better business results and employee satisfaction. 

A recent study in Canada found that an alarming number of people are not aware of one of stroke’s most common and challenging consequences: aphasia, a communication disorder affecting speech, reading, writing and comprehension.

Whether you sit down to work, relax or as a result of your physical health or status, many recent research studies suggest that the ill effects of being sedentary, specifically of prolonged sitting, cannot be offset by blocks of physical activity or exercise.

Kristina Pekovic, SPTA, recently presented her in-service on joint mobilization to her group at Kindred Hospital – Indianapolis.

May is Better Hearing and Speech month, a time set aside to honor our speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and focus on their specialties and achievements. Evaluation and treatment of swallowing problems are a large part of an SLP’s job.

Better Hearing and Speech Month is here, and May is a time to thank all of our speech language pathologists for their commitment to restoring speech, language and swallowing function to our patients. SLPs make eating, speaking and communicating possible for thousands of patients each year.