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States Adjust Disaster Plans for Elders 24 Nov 2005
Countless other seniors were stranded in nursing homes, hospitals and private homes with no way to contact their relatives or call for help. ...
- Kansas City infoZine,
The Old Folks Home 24 Nov 2005
There are no federal standards. State oversight is weak or nonexistent. When inspections are undertaken, they are far less rigorous than at nursing homes. ...
- Forbes
St. Louis nursing home operator pleads not guilty in fraud case 24 Nov 2005
Louis-area nursing homes has pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired to defraud the federal government by providing substandard care at his facilities. ...
- Kansas City Star,
Guest Column: River Bluff employees speak out 24 Nov 2005
One last question for Diane would be, what are you doing to help other seniors in the rest of the nursing homes in our area? You ...
- Rock River Times,
County budget carries tax rate drop in Olean 24 Nov 2005
That money was not included in the new budget. Christine Wymer of the county nursing homes asked for restoration of some nursing homes positions. ...
- Olean Times Herald,
Aging Boomers Contribute to the Enormous Growth of the Home ... 24 Nov 2005
With a large, rapidly aging segment of the US population, home healthcare is becoming an alternative to nursing homes’ rise in cost. ...
- PR Web (press release),
Florida Baptist agencies committed to ‘extending the Kingdom’ 24 Nov 2005
Kinchen offered several examples of students and alumni who are ministering in local churches, nursing homes, and schools, and through children’s home ...
- Florida Baptist Witness,
Santa, man of mystery 24 Nov 2005
Like his two predecessors, he doesn't reveal his identity. Last year the program's volunteers visited about 2,800 people in area hospitals and nursing homes. ...
- Savannah Morning News,
Trees for Christmas Miracles in two area stores 24 Nov 2005
...ins. The program receives the names of those in need from area nutrition centers, the Missouri Division of Aging and nursing homes. ...
- Park Hills Daily Journal,
Baytown office manager to be arraigned Monday 24 Nov 2005
The indictment accuses Gonzales of marketing bogus flu shots provided by Hawa’s companies to Exxon Mobil as well as nursing homes in and out of Texas. ...
- Baytown Sun,
Big Stef battles West Nile 24 Nov 2005
Over the next several weeks, dozens of Big Stef's unpaid do-gooders will deliver holiday parties and gifts to residents at nine Northern Kentucky nursing homes ...
- Kentucky Post,
Resuscitation Kits Sought for Pets 24 Nov 2005
Kipper has been trained as a therapy dog and has been visiting hospitals, nursing homes and boarding homes with Phillips over the last four years. ...
- Ellsworth American,
Man gets probation in 1998 homicide 24 Nov 2005
Dowdy's court case was postponed for years because he was hospitalized at least six times and sent to nursing homes at least four times for problems related to ...
- Youngstown Vindicator,
Rally to mark national oil, gas moratorium 24 Nov 2005
...to 23 months, household contacts and caregivers of infants up to 23 months, pregnant women in their third trimester and residents of nursing homes and other ...
- Kamloops This Week,
Tough Budget Times Hits A Service For Senior Citizens 24 Nov 2005
AMCAB's Meals on Wheels. Their ultimate goal is to keep people placed in their own homes rather than nursing homes. The Commission on ...
- WLUC-TV,
States updating disaster plans for elders 24 Nov 2005
...deaths (October 17, 2005) -- Louisiana state officials are investigating the possibility of euthanasia in 215 deaths at 19 hospitals and nursing homes in the ...
- Science Daily (press release)
BE A "SANTA TO A SENIOR" 24 Nov 2005
EVERYONE. HUNDREDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS WHO RESIDE IN LOCAL NURSING HOMES NEED A HELPING HAND, SO WHY NOT BE A SANTA TO A SENIOR? ...
- KRDO,
A day for giving thanks 24 Nov 2005
...by reaching out to those in need, to our neighbors, to the poor, to the homeless, to senior citizens who are alone in their apartments or in nursing homes. ...
- El Diario (New York),
Bryan special election ballots ready 24 Nov 2005
They may apply only by mail, by fax, or by telegraph. Voters who are confined to nursing homes in the country may vote absentee. ...
- Sherman Denison Herald Democrat,
In Session: By John Hopkins 24 Nov 2005
SP-8 Oral Health in Nursing Homes requires nursing home treatment plans include a patient¼s oral exam on a quarterly basis with referrals to dental ...
- Enterprise-Record,
Vilsack wants to create plan to help small businesses 24 Nov 2005
...the money from the cigarette tax hike would go to repay the Senior Living Trust Fund, a fund to help establish living options for seniors outside nursing homes ...
- Quad City Times,
THE Q&A THE Q&A 24 Nov 2005
Whatever you want.� Earlier on I worked in nursing homes in the Ozarks and I took care of Brad Pitt’s grandmother and Kathleen Turner’s grandmother. ...
- Kansas City Star,
It is important to take care of the Alzheimer's caregiver 24 Nov 2005
...taken care of. "There are places that will take a person for the weekend, or a 24-hour period, like nursing homes. They may have ...
- Woodstock Independent,
Avoiding Christmas rush 24 Nov 2005
Her young clients make Christmas ornaments out of pipe cleaners and beads and stuff the stockings, which they deliver to residents in nursing homes. ...
- Twin Falls Times-News,
2006 500 Festival Princess Program Application Available Now 24 Nov 2005
Princesses will participate in statewide outreach programs, including visits to hospitals, schools, nursing homes and media outlets, among others leading up to ...
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
Operation Santa Claus under way 24 Nov 2005
Association in Wayne County provides Christmas gifts to citizens in Wayne County with mental illness and or disabilities in our local nursing homes and care ...
- Goldsboro News Argus,
Former health official gets new start at rescue mission 24 Nov 2005
VanMeter was in charge of the state's nursing homes until he was arrested in May 2000 and later convicted of asking for a bribe from a nursing home operator. ...
- KFOR-TV,
Banding together 24 Nov 2005
...said. “We’ve made ornaments for Riley Hospital, Christmas trees for nursing homes, as a way to cheer other people up.�. This ...
- Anderson Herald Bulletin,
Good season for memories 24 Nov 2005
He was also involved in a ministry at local nursing homes for about 14 years. “The Lord blessed my work in the ministry with seniors,� he said. ...
- Rockmart Journal,
Survey of Leading Healthcare Executives Identifies Top Factors ... 24 Nov 2005
Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Texas, was founded in 1974 and provides medical staffing services to more than 4,200 hospitals, nursing homes and clinics ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Workers seek to get flu vaccine to Oregonians who need them most 24 Nov 2005
The high-priority groups are children 6 to 23 months old; adults 65 and older; residents of nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities; anyone 2 to 64 ...
- Salem Statesman Journal,
Former top state health official gets new start at rescue mission 24 Nov 2005
Glenn Cranfield, who hired VanMeter. "He's proven that he's got a great big heart.". VanMeter was a deputy health commissioner overseeing nursing homes. ...
- NewsOK.com (subscription),
Basket Fund turns 60 24 Nov 2005
1999. The fund also buys 10 fruit baskets for nursing homes in Brownstown and Seymour and for the county’s senior citizen centers. ...
- Seymour Daily Tribune,
Web site for seniors offers insight into growing older 24 Nov 2005
...seniors was a relatively new concept, and Krueger wanted more seniors and children of seniors to differentiate between assisted living, nursing homes and other ...
- San Diego Union Tribune,
Pride Runs High at The Aladdin 24 Nov 2005
Patty has worked in health care for more than 20 years, primarily as a caregiver in local nursing homes and assisted living residences. ...
- Brush News Tribune,
Omnicare says correcting 3rd qtr financial data 24 Nov 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Omnicare Inc. (OCR.N: Quote, Profile, Research), a supplier of pharmaceuticals to nursing homes, said on Wednesday that it ...
- Reuters
Youth group makes project of reading 24 Nov 2005
The 16-member group decided to take part of their Thanksgiving holiday and share their favorite books with residents in area nursing homes. ...
- Delta Democrat Times,
Nursing homes in tech catch-up Nov 21, 2005
THE aged-care sector and the federal Government have no idea how a $152 million project to boost technology use in nursing homes is faring. ...
- NEWS.com.au,
Beverly Enterprises buyout includes 25 nursing homes in Nebraska Nov 21, 2005
Beverly operates 25 nursing homes and assisted living centers in Nebraska, part of 346 skilled nursing homes nationwide, 18 assisted living centers and 56 ...
- Lincoln Journal Star,
Nursing homes brace for shift Nov 21, 2005
The introduction of these drug plans marks a monumental change that could require nursing homes to juggle numerous lists of covered drugs -- known as ...
- Akron Beacon Journal,
Nursing homes start to address death as part of life Nov 20, 2005
Ignore it. When someone dies, nursing homes across the country put up screens to block neighbors' views of the room. They clear ...
- Eagle Tribune,
Nursing homes short of vaccine Nov 16, 2005
What's new: About 10,000 to 25,000 extra doses of flu vaccine are needed to make up for shortages at Minnesota nursing homes and other facilities, a state ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),
2 suburban nursing homes fined Nov 18, 2005
By Stanley Ziemba. The Illinois Department of Public Health fined two nursing homes Thursday for allegedly failing to properly look after residents. ...
- Chicago Tribune,
A prescription for chaos at nursing homes Nov 18, 2005
...number," said Paul Baldwin, executive director of the Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance, the Washington, DC-based group that provided the data on nursing homes. ...
- Newark Star Ledger,
Bankruptcy snares nursing homes Nov 19, 2005
BY BRIAN BASKIN ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE. Seven nursing homes across the state are up for grabs after their owner, a Newport physician, declared bankruptcy. ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),
Nursing Homes Facing Flu Vaccine Shortage Nov 16, 2005
This year's shortages have been isolated and sporadic, but several dozen nursing homes have been hard hit, said Kris Ehresmann, head of the Health Department's ...
- WCCO,
CEO indicted over nursing homes Nov 17, 2005
The chief executive of a health care company was indicted Thursday on charges that he gained millions of dollars while three nursing homes he ran in the St. ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Bars In Nursing Homes? Nov 17, 2005
...and one percent chose "I don't care.". I'm not sure how I feel about having bars in nursing homes. I guess I could be OK with it ...
- Informer (subscription),
Two nursing homes fined $10,000 each Nov 17, 2005
Two central Illinois nursing homes have been fined $10,000 each by the state - one for failing to separate a resident from a visitor who apparently tried to ...
- Springfield State Journal Register,
State to seek flu vaccine for nursing homes Nov 15, 2005
...the second year in a row, the Minnesota Health Department plans to ask hospitals and clinics to give up some of their flu shots to help people in nursing homes ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),
Keeping an eye on nursing homes Nov 15, 2005
In 2000, the agency that oversees California nursing homes handled less than 10,000 complaints. In 2004, the number of complaints reached more than 15,000. ...
- Napa Valley Register,
Nursing homes fail to act on law allowing for less costly care Nov 3, 2005
ALBANY, NY -- Many senior citizens in New York state may not require the broad range of medical services provided in the nursing homes where they live. ...
- Newsday,
Bill would ensure all nursing homes have sprinklers Oct 23, 2005
WASHINGTON — Federal officials are considering tougher fire safety standards for nursing homes and promising to create a public listing of facilities that ...
- USA Today
Nursing homes inspector ‘must be independent of HSE’ Nov 3, 2005
The Irish Nursing Homes Organisation has called on the Government to ensure that the promised social services inspectorate will be independent of the HSE. ...
- Ireland Online,
Sharing faith with the frail elderly Nov 22, 2005
...said. “When you love the Lord, you want to serve him any way you can. “People in nursing homes need to hear the Lord.�. United ...
- Atlanticville,
Onex acquires nursing homes in western US Oct 25, 2005
By ANDY HOFFMAN. Onex Corp. is getting into the nursing home business with a $265-million deal to buy Skilled Healthcare Group Inc ...
- Globe and Mail,
Nursing homes await new funding Oct 25, 2005
Nursing homes in California are poised for an infusion of $900 million over the next four years but care experts fear the money doesn't come with enough ...
- Sacramento Bee,
Nursing homes struggle with challenges posed by storms Nov 4, 2005
Florida requires its nursing homes to have auxiliary power but almost all, like The Court, have just enough to run essential medical equipment and a few lights ...
- Sun-Sentinel.com,
Nursing staff turnover presents challenge for nursing homes Oct 26, 2005
A recent study by the North Carolina Center for Nursing found that nursing homes have the highest turnover rates for nurses of any health-care facilities in ...
- Clayton News Star,
Plan to trim Medicaid waste in nursing homes extended Nov 3, 2005
ALBANY, NY Many senior citizens don't need the broad range of medical services their nursing homes provide. But despite new legislation ...
- WCAX,
Historic changes for Illinois nursing homes Oct 26, 2005
By press release. CHICAGO—Today, Illinois nursing homes are taking significant steps to put the “home� back in nursing home. ...
- Rock River Times,
Nursing homes cast wary eye on Medicare drug plans Nov 1, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Advocates for the elderly worry that the nearly 100,000 Michigan seniors living in nursing homes and assisted-living centers may have more than a ...
- MLive.com,
Nursing Homes Have Hard Choice in Advent of Storm Oct 24, 2005
But as the evacuations for hurricanes Katrina and Rita showed this year, the decisions made at nursing homes more likely could be a matter of life and death. ...
- Daily - University of Washington,
Federal audit says company should pay for failed nursing homes Oct 27, 2005
The audit also says Giordano received more than one (m) million dollars from two nursing homes, even while the homes were in financial trouble. ...
- WLNE-TV (ABC6),
Developing Small Community Homes as Alternatives to Nursing Homes ... Nov 7, 2005
The Green House is a total rethinking of the architecture, organization, staffing and philosophy of care normally associated with nursing homes. ...
- AScribe
Craddick OKs emergency action to fund textbooks, nursing homes Nov 4, 2005
AUSTIN House Speaker Tom Craddick has agreed to emergency funding of textbooks and increases in nursing-home reimbursements, but objects to Governor Rick ...
- KLTV,
Craddick OKs Emergency Action to Fund Textbooks, Nursing Homes Nov 4, 2005
House Speaker Tom Craddick has agreed to emergency funding of textbooks and increases in nursing-home reimbursements. But he objects ...
- Team 4 News,
Craddick approves emergency action to fund textbooks, nursing ... Nov 4, 2005
AUSTIN — House Speaker Tom Craddick has agreed to emergency funding of textbooks and increases in nursing-home reimbursements, but objects to Gov. ...
- KVUE (subscription),
Mennonite Receives $1.48 Million For Geriatric Care Project Nov 22, 2005
...standardized orientation and continuing education in geriatric care best practices for new nurses hired by Heritage Enterprises nursing homes across Illinois. ...
- Illinois State University,
More immigrants tending to residents of nursing homes Oct 29, 2005
But in big cities they now account for more than one-fourth of the nurses and aides in nursing homes, the report said. Hiring immigrants ...
- Houston Chronicle,
Reader questions nursing homes Nov 6, 2005
...have gotten them. You are misinformed or misread the information about senior housing, including nursing homes. Only those operated ...
- Palladium-Item,
Is Sex Offender Living In Your Relative's Nursing Home? Nov 21, 2005
INDIANAPOLIS -- A senior citizens rights advocate says people with relatives in nursing homes should find out whether a sex offender lives in the facility. ...
- INDYchannel.com,
Superbug is found in care-home residents Nov 22, 2005
Evidence has already been unearthed in the United States suggesting MRSA is prevalent in nursing homes and health chiefs have long suspected a link – but it ...
- Yorkshire Post Today,
Flu vaccine available; distribution may be slow Nov 22, 2005
Flu vaccine is available this fall, but getting it distributed is proving a challenge for public health officials, smaller medical clinics and nursing homes. ...
- The Register-Guard,
Nursing home patient's family sues over death Nov 21, 2005
PROVIDENCE -- The family of Germaine Morsilli, the 87-year-old former factory worker who became Rhode Island's symbol for poor care in nursing homes, filed a ...
- Providence Journal (subscription),
Ohio to audit Medicaid program Nov 22, 2005
...also will announce plans to begin auditing many more of the biggest providers of Medicaid services, such as hospitals, nursing homes and pharmaceutical services ...
- Cincinnati Enquirer,
UK nursing home group gears up for Irish market Nov 20, 2005
At the moment, it primarily runs nursing homes for the elderly, but it also runs crec’hes and mental care homes and has recently invested in a school for ...
- Irish Independent,
Focus on extra activities of teachers & doctors Nov 22, 2005
It is equally dangerous as patients are forced to shift from government hospitals to private nursing homes or clinics where the doctor is engaged. ...
- The Statesman,
Owner of 7 nursing homes in state selling them in bankruptcy Nov 19, 2005
BY BRIAN BASKIN. Seven nursing homes across the state are up for grabs after their owner, a Newport physician, declared bankruptcy. ...
- Arkansas Democrat Gazette,
Families upset with coroner's rule Nov 22, 2005
Gabriel -- bodies of Katrina evacuees who died in East Baton Rouge hospitals and nursing homes who have been identified by family and medical records. ...
- 2theadvocate.com,
State Nursing Homes Lack Evacuation Plans 03 Oct 2005
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ State Health Department officials say not all of Oklahoma's nursing homes have an evacuation plan in case of a natural disaster. ...
- KOTV
Cash infusion improves nursing home industry prognosis 03 Oct 2005
After more than a decade of pushing for better Medi-Cal funding, California nursing homes are about to receive a $1 billion windfall in new federal and state ...
- San Jose Business Journal
Nursing home residents return from evacuation 03 Oct 2005
...residents.�. The Baytown Nursing Home is opening up later than other nursing homes in the area, but they would rather be safe than sorry. ...
- Baytown Sun
Gilbert couple cares for others 03 Oct 2005
...are leaning toward paying for long-term care for assisted living quarters that are usually less expensive than the larger, nursing homes," Zerilla said. ...
- East Valley Tribune
Group seeks tighter rules on Medicaid 03 Oct 2005
With an aging baby boomer population about to swell the population of nursing homes, the association says something must be done about what it calls "asset ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)
Elder Law Attorney Edward D. (Ted) Beasley Says: Government ... 03 Oct 2005
The cost of nursing homes is spiraling upward, and the government is making it more difficult for seniors to qualify for Medicaid. ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
More Americans live with grandma 03 Oct 2005
...households; Butts and others say it boils down to three factors: financial savings, increased immigration and a shift by some families away from nursing homes. ...
- Newsday
LifeCare crews asked to stay Volunteers to keep helping in Gulf ... 03 Oct 2005
LifeCare handled medical calls downtown, supported firefighters and police, moved patients from hospitals and nursing homes, and assisted in the gruesome task ...
- The Free Lance-Star
A home where the wallabies roam 03 Oct 2005
Males sell for $1,200 and females for $1,500. Mason and Martin often take the wallabies and sugar gliders to nursing homes and classrooms all over the area. ...
- Pioneer Press
Protecting the world's wildlife 03 Oct 2005
...coast, such as the known instability of the levee and the need for more organized and enforced evacuations, especially of patients of nursing homes and medical ...
- Toledo Blade
For nursing-home staffers, deaths of residents is almost like ... 03 Oct 2005
Rager is among thousands of employees, the majority of them women, who grapple with death and dying regularly at nursing homes. ...
- MLive.com
Healthy flu-shot supply expected 03 Oct 2005
Staffers will start giving flu shots to children today and will start distributing the vaccine to nursing homes, workplace sites and centers for seniors and ...
- The News-Press
Summary of BPC Meeting (17 Dec 2004) on Integrated Pest Management ... 03 Oct 2005
...the preservation and strengthening of the notification requirements, emphasizing the dangers of pesticides for people in hospitals and nursing homes, as well ...
- Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
(PRN) - Tessera, Inc. Completes $8.5 Million Private Equity ... 03 Oct 2005
Law Attorney Edward D. (Ted) Beasley Says: Government Cutbacks Aim to Leave Most New Hampshire Senior Citizens' Wealth & Retirement Vulnerable to Nursing Homes ...
- Bolsamania.com
Senate seeks more funds for nursing homes Sep 27, 2005
The state Senate is expected to vote today on restoring a 1.4 percent increase in funding for Medicaid reimbursements to nursing homes across the state. ...
- Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
Nursing homes fight to survive Sep 27, 2005
PHELPS — The vast majority of Wisconsin's approximately 400 nursing homes are suffering “staggering losses,� officials say, including Vilas County's only ...
- Vilas County News Review
Nursing homes are challenges for disaster preparedness Sep 25, 2005
...being killed in a bus explosion while being evacuated before Rita - has prompted soul-searching, anxiety, and reviews of emergency plans in area nursing homes. ...
- philly.com
Hospitals, nursing homes evacuate Sep 21, 2005
By PAM EASTON. GALVESTON, Texas — Hospital and nursing home patients were evacuated and as many as 1 million others were ordered ...
- Albany Democrat Herald
State probes 13 nursing homes, 4 hospitals Sep 28, 2005
Attorney General Charles Foti said Wednesday that 13 nursing homes and four hospitals in area's hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina are under criminal ...
- 2theadvocate.com
Study shows that nursing homes should consider diabetes a ... Sep 25, 2005
..."Our study clearly indicated that nursing homes, assisted living facilities and others that care for the elderly should consider diabetes a significant risk ...
- News-Medical.net
Nursing homes' private rooms well below nat'l average Sep 28, 2005
By MARIA M. PEROTIN. A private room in a nursing home now costs $166 per day in the Fort Worth-Dallas area –- amounting to $60,600 ...
- Fort Worth Star Telegram
Nursing homes not for young Sep 27, 2005
..."We need to give young people their lives back," National Alliance of Young People in Nursing Homes director Dr Bronwyn Morkham said. ...
- Bunbury Mail
Health Department seeks to trim Medicaid waste in nursing homes Sep 21, 2005
ALBANY, NY -- The state Department of Health is asking nursing homes this month to seek certification that would allow them to provide less costly care for ...
- Newsday
Without ambulances, nursing homes close to panicking Sep 22, 2005
AUSTIN – Scores of nursing homes on the Texas Gulf Coast still couldn't find ambulances Thursday to rush their frailest patients out of Hurricane Rita's path ...
- KVUE (subscription)
Regulators have no evacuation plans for nursing homes Sep 23, 2005
..."Everything is going to be looked at.". For much of Friday, Rogers said nursing homes must provide his agency with detailed emergency evacuation plans. ...
- Monterey County Herald
OUR VIEW: Allow nursing homes to get 1.4 percent rate increase Sep 18, 2005
...override of Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's rejection of a 1.4 percent Medicaid rate increase for nursing homes. After listening to ...
- LaCrosse Tribune
Local nursing homes cheer veto override Sep 22, 2005
Without additional state help, two Chippewa County nursing homes are expecting at least a $500,000 shortfall in Medicaid funding this year. ...
- Chippewa Herald
Sale of nursing homes may be harbinger of new gold rush Sep 18, 2005
SnF Management, a privately held company based in Los Angeles, bought four nursing homes earlier this month in Northern California -- including facilities in ...
- San Jose Business Journal
Nursing Turnover Impacts Nursing Homes Sep 22, 2005
...employers, the study found that the highest rates of turnover and related spending are found in long-term care facilities like nursing homes, when compared to ...
- Dunn Daily Record
Health Department seeks to trim Medicaid waste in nursing homes Sep 21, 2005
ALBANY, NY The state Health Department is trying to trim Medicaid waste in nursing homes by letting them give different levels of care. ...
- WSTM-TV
2nd test set over nursing homes Sep 21, 2005
...overriding Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of higher fees for nursing homes that serve Medicaid patients. Senate leaders scheduled ...
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Local nursing homes taking in coastal patients Sep 21, 2005
Calls are going out across Texas as nursing homes on the coast are evacuating their patients. Several nursing homes near Waco are ...
- KCEN-TV
Schultz: Says Senate Will Join Fight to Save Nursing Homes Sep 22, 2005
Center) announced today the State Senate will hold a vote next week in an attempt to restore Medicaid reimbursement dollars to nursing homes in Wisconsin. ...
- WisPolitics.com
Hospitals, nursing homes prepare for storm Sep 20, 2005
...a mandatory evacuation, starting at 6 am today, for the county’s infirm and in-patient health care facilities, including hospitals, hospices and nursing homes ...
- Brazosport Facts (subscription)
Hospitals, nursing homes organize emergency plans Sep 17, 2005
By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE. Chartered buses, rental vehicles and ambulances descended on the Gulf Health Care Center in Port Arthur during ...
- Beaumont Enterprise
Beaumont nursing homes fly residents to safety in D-FW Sep 23, 2005
By SHERRY JACOBSON / The Dallas Morning News. Dozens of nursing home residents from the Beaumont area were transported late Thursday ...
- Dallas Morning News (subscription)
Elderly cling to hospital beds for fear of nursing homes Sep 24, 2005
HOSPITAL patients are refusing to move into nursing homes following RTE’s Prime Time television documentary exposing abuse of old people at Leas Cross. ...
- The Sunday Times
State nursing homes ready for a disaster Sep 22, 2005
By A. Eduardo Gonzalez. The article is so substantially misleading that it may create unnecessary fear among residents of nursing homes and their families. ...
- Ventura County Star (subscription)
State will ban bogus nursing homes: Dayanand Narvekar Sep 18, 2005
What action do you contemplate towards checking nefarious activities of those private nursing homes? You see, to open a restaurant ...
- Herald Publications
Some nursing homes decide not to evacuate Sep 23, 2005
While most local nursing homes moved their elderly residents fearing the worst from Hurricane Rita, some have canceled their evacuations opting instead to ride ...
- Corpus Christi Caller Times
In nursing homes one third of seniors suffer from malnutrition Sep 19, 2005
According to project planner Merja Suominen of the Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged, one in three residents of homes for the elderly suffer from ...
- Seniorscopie.com
Nursing homes open their doors at holiday time Sep 22, 2005
Attending High Holiday services and enjoying a festive dinner of challah, chicken soup, brisket, farfel, fruit, and honey cake is made all the sweeter in the ...
- Cleveland Jewish News
Lakeside's closing emotional for Heyde Oct 1, 2005
That's another reason he sees Lakeside's closing as disturbing. He says the facility just may be a victim of the state's move away from funding nursing homes. ...
- Chippewa Herald
Catholic Church seeks new provider to run three nursing homes Sep 7, 2005
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN. STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport is seeking a new provider to operate its three nursing homes, saying state ...
- Newsday
Preparing for the worst looks good to local nursing homes ... Sep 16, 2005
How can we ensure that the 60,000 residents of this state's nursing homes and similar facilities have enough food, water and medication to survive a major ...
- Seattle Times
Deaths at St. Rita's Dramatically Show Risk for Nursing Homes Sep 14, 2005
Sept. 14, 2005 – We have known for days that 34 people died in St. Rita’s Nursing Home in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and ...
- SeniorJournal.com
Area caregivers share time, talents with elderly victims Oct 2, 2005
By the time Rita made landfall Sept. 25, the coastal nursing homes had been evacuated to safety and the nurses from Rolling Meadows were busy night and day. ...
- Washington Observer Reporter
Diocese considers options for nursing homes Sep 8, 2005
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport said yesterday it is considering a sale or partnership among other options for its three nursing homes, including St. ...
- Stamford Advocate
Feds Approve Rell's Plan For Funding Of Nursing Homes Sep 5, 2005
...for Medicare and Medicaid Service on Friday approved the request by the state Department of Social Services for new rates affecting nursing homes, home health ...
- TheDay (subscription)
State lets nursing homes move beds to meet demand Sep 6, 2005
Like other nursing homes in Kentucky, it has a set number of licensed beds, and normally can't add more under state rules meant to hold down health-care costs ...
- Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisiana Nursing Homes Now Vacated, Many Elderly Feared Dead Sep 6, 2005
Sept. 6, 2005 – FEMA has announced that 30 nursing homes in the New Orleans area have been vacated and 9,400 people rescued. Among ...
- SeniorJournal.com
Nursing homes on lookout for sexual harassment Sep 12, 2005
DES MOINES, IA - Iowa nursing homes are watching residents' behavior to make sure elderly residents are free of sexual harassment and abuse. ...
- Cedar Rapids Gazette
Guest Column: Poorly funded Medicaid equals poor nursing homes Sep 8, 2005
Unless the Legislature, supported by the governor and lieutenant governor, increases the reimbursement rate to nursing homes, Texas will rank 50th of 50 states ...
- Amarillo.com (subscription)
Nursing homes want Medicare funds restored Sep 15, 2005
By Rachel McCormick. MOUNT PLEASANT - Calling it a potential disaster, officials from area nursing homes called on legislators Wednesday to override Gov. ...
- Journal Times Online
Iowa nursing homes watching residents' behavior Sep 12, 2005
DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa nursing homes are watching residents' behavior to make sure elderly residents are free of harassment and abuse. ...
- KWQC-TV
Nursing homes re-evaluate evacuation plans Sep 16, 2005
Massachusetts health officials and nursing homes say they are taking a closer look at emergency plans in response to Hurricane Katrina and the deaths of 34 ...
- MetroWest Daily News
Nursing homes outreach for hurricane victims Sep 14, 2005
CHICAGO Nursing homes throughout Illinois are collecting food, clothing and other items to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Myrtle ...
- WQAD
Two nursing homes in Siloam Springs area get patients from ... Sep 4, 2005
BY LUCAS ROEBUCK Siloam Springs Herald-Leader. SILOAM SPRINGS — After a 17-hour bus trip from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, residents ...
- Northwest Arkansas Times
Catholic Church seeks new provider to run three nursing homes Sep 7, 2005
...(Stamford-AP, Sept. 7, 2005 10:15 PM) _ The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport is seeking a new provider to operate its three nursing homes. ...
- WTNH
Nursing homes must better monitor pain, review disaster plans Sep 16, 2005
...untreated pain. The board is also asking nursing homes and long-term care facilities to review their disaster plans. The review ...
- KFOR-TV
Nursing homes on lookout for sexual harassment Sep 13, 2005
DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa nursing homes are watching the behavior their residents. In turn, they are being watched by Congressional investigators. ...
- WOI
Area Nursing Homes Aid Hurricane Victims Sep 7, 2005
The concern for some nursing homes is finding the staff to accommodate more residents. David Threlkeld, administrator for the Fayetteville ...
- Springdale Morning News
Klein will 'do the right thing' to improve nursing homes Sep 8, 2005
CALGARY -- Premier Ralph Klein says the province will do the right thing to improve the state of Alberta's nursing homes. But Klein ...
- Calgary Herald
Local nursing homes have evacuation plans Sep 14, 2005
The Louisiana State Attorney says the residents should have been evacuated. In Southwest Florida, nursing homes must evacuate. One ...
- WBBH
Emergency procedures in Kentuckiana nursing homes Sep 14, 2005
We visited two facilities and got some answers. "The number one cause of accidental death in nursing homes nationwide is smoke inhalation due to fires. ...
- WHAS 11.com (subscription)
More hurricane evacuees arriving in Boise nursing homes Sep 6, 2005
They will join ten who landed yesterday in a military cargo plane. The evacuees from Meridian, Mississippi, are headed for Boise-area nursing homes. ...
- KTVB
$250M boost urged for nursing homes Sep 8, 2005
The Klein government is looking at spending up to $250 million more each year for long-term care and assisted living, after a draft report from two Alberta ...
- Alaska Highway News
Two northern Illinois nursing homes fined Sep 10, 2005
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Axccording to a state report, a registered sex offender living at a Freeport nursing home sexually abused three female residents. ...
- KWQC-TV
Card games not just for nursing homes Sep 6, 2005
By JOHNNY PEREZ. When many people think of well-known card games, they’re likely to mention the glamorized, fast-paced world of televised poker. ...
- Daily Nebraskan
Research shows public nursing homes outshine private facilities Sep 5, 2005
Public nursing homes provide a higher average standard of care than private ones, according to research carried out by the Taub Center for Social Policy ...
- Ha'aretz (subscription)
How to hurricane-proof health care Oct 1, 2005
...struck a devastating blow to health care in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, crippling most hospitals, destroying virtually all nursing homes, shutting down two ...
- Palm Beach Post
Nursing homes cash in on malaria, dengue scare Sep 11, 2005
Now, both come as a package deal in some of the city’s nursing homes owned by politicians belonging to different parties. At a ...
- Expressindia.com
REIT Sells Nursing Homes for $200M Sep 13, 2005
LONDON-REIT Asset Management has exited the nursing-home sector after selling a euro 157 million ($193 million) portfolio. The REIT ...
- GlobeSt. com
America's love of pets can help out nursing homes Sep 4, 2005
Society, an organization based in the state of Washington, reports that it has more than 4,000 handlers with trained dogs working in nursing homes and hospitals ...
- Evansville Courier & Press (subscription)
State budget hurts nursing homes, area officials say Sep 8, 2005
...“Medicaid basically underpays for the cost of care, and that’s why most nursing homes are facing critical budget stances,� he said. ...
- Fond du Lac Reporter
Slovenian Nursing Homes House Over 13,000 Residents Sep 12, 2005
Over 13,000 people lived in 63 Slovenian nursing homes at the end of last year, three quarters of them women, according to the Statistical Office. ...
- Slovenia Business Week
Chippewa Valley's largest nursing home to close Sep 29, 2005
Republicans insisted Doyle's veto that erased $15.1 million in additional Medicaid reimbursements for nursing homes could force some to close. ...
- Janesville Gazette
Exodus daunting if big one hits Oct 1, 2005
...ground. --Up to 4,092 patients in three hospitals, 11 nursing homes and 41 assisted living facilities would need help evacuating. ...
- St. Petersburg Times
Hospitals, nursing homes evacuated as Rita plows across Gulf of ... Sep 21, 2005
GALVESTON, Texas -- Hospital and nursing home patients were evacuated and others gathered up their belongings and began clearing out today as Hurricane Rita ...
- Bellingham Herald
Hospitals, nursing homes evacuates in advance of Rita Sep 21, 2005
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- Hospital and nursing home patients were evacuated and as many as 1 million other people were ordered to clear out along the Gulf Coast ...
- WFSB
Hospitals and nursing homes evacuated across Gulf Coast Sep 21, 2005
By PAM EASTON. GALVESTON, Texas -- Hospital and nursing home patients were evacuated and as many as 1 million others were ordered ...
- Billings Gazette
What do we do next time Oct 1, 2005
The only area in which Baytown had a “system breakdown,� was in the realm of evacuating special needs residents from area nursing homes. ...
- Baytown Sun
Gwinnett has a plan for all emergencies Oct 1, 2005
For example, during the 2000 ice storms, local nursing homes began to run out of oxygen for their patients. Although there was nothing ...
- Gwinnett Daily Post
Where will Lakeside residents go? Sep 29, 2005
Residents needing three hours or more a week of skill care (the type provided by registered nurses or LPNs) should be placed in nursing homes, she said. ...
- Chippewa Herald
Identified Katrina dead being released to funeral homes Sep 28, 2005
State Health Officer Dr. Louis Cataldie said today that most of the dead were in hospitals or nursing homes and had some type of identification or medical ...
- The Daily Advertiser
Delhi healthcare providers seek stay order on implementation of ... Sep 30, 2005
Healthcare providers in the Capital, namely, Delhi Medical Association, The Delhi Nursing Forum (a body of 600 nursing homes), Indian Medical Association (IMA ...
- Express Healthcare Management
Council approves nursing home plan Sep 30, 2005
Owners of a planned nursing home that has withstood extreme opposition from other nursing homes in the metro area will try for the second time to have a 120 ...
- DesMoinesRegister.com
Officials admit better plans needed for the elderly, frail Sep 29, 2005
Many nursing homes hurried to evacuate, even though emergency officials mandated evacuations only in coastal counties and along Harris County's Ship Channel. ...
- Houston Chronicle
Vermont paramedics sow, and reap, good deeds in Texas Oct 2, 2005
..."Our primary mission has been to relieve nursing homes of patients, especially ... Many of these nursing homes were already inundated with evacuees from Katrina.". ...
- Barre Montpelier Times Argus
MTS Announces the General Release of Its MedLocker(TM) Product Sep 30, 2005
The Company currently has four beta sites operating its unique solution for managing emergency and first-dose medications commonly stored at nursing homes. ...
- Genetic Engineering News
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