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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] Assisted-care beds are always needed 24 Nov 2005
    ...the goal set to helping seniors stay healthy and active, Brodie said there will still be a need for more assisted living and residential care facilities in ...
    - Kamloops This Week,

    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 24 Nov 2005
    Dockets SU-05-22: An application to expand an existing residential care home approved for the care of 10 residents to a residential care institution. ...
    - Range News,

    Census Bureau Tip Sheet on Upcoming Releases 24 Nov 2005
    Care and Social Assistance -- Data on revenues by ambulatory health-care services, hospitals, physicians' offices, nursing and residential care facilities and ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release),

    Groundbreaking set for Kihei elder housing 24 Nov 2005
    Eventually, it also will feature an adult residential care home, which will provide more health care services for elderly residents not yet in need of a ...
    - Maui News,

    It is important to take care of the Alzheimer's caregiver 24 Nov 2005
    ...will involve a combination of home care, the help of family members, friends, paid caregivers, day care programs and sometimes a residential care facility such ...
    - Woodstock Independent,

    Board chooses Rescare 24 Nov 2005
    A two–year contract for Rescare, Inc., to continue operating Des Moines County's residential care facility was approved by supervisors Tuesday in a 2–1 vote ...
    - Burlington Hawk Eye,

    We have a death rate 12 percent higher than the national average ... 24 Nov 2005
    Scabies has also been reported in several residential care homes across the borough as have head lice among pupils "which have continued to be a problem". ...
    - Stockport Express,

    News In brief 24 Nov 2005
    The money could be spent on local projects such as refurbishing a swing park, residential care home garden or upgrading sports areas, however the store is ...
    - Buchan Observer,

    Business notes 24 Nov 2005
    Reach can be mounted on a wheelchair or bed or held in the hand. The unit can be used in a person's home or residential care facility. ...
    - Cincinnati Enquirer,

    Maori party accuses CYF of putting money ahead of youth welfare 24 Nov 2005
    Community placements (which are not defined as "residential care") were more suitable for youth offenders on remand for less serious charges, were used ...
    - Stuff.co.nz,

    NCB Now: Centre for residential care to be set up Nov 15, 2005
    Its main objectives will be to create measurable improvements in outcomes for children in residential care and to significantly increase the level and quality ...
    - Children Now,

    Vitamin D Supplements Reduce Incidence Of Falls In Elderly Nov 22, 2005
    New study, published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, reveals that older people in residential care can reduce their ...
    - MedIndia,

    Blunt touts funding for residential care centers Oct 25, 2005
    He visited residential care centers across the state. ... The residential care centers house children who have suffered from abuse or behavioral issues.
    - KQTV,

    VIHA takes health plan public Nov 22, 2005
    She says there are currently 319 residential care beds and assisted-living spaces, but that will go up to 395 beds and spaces by 2007/2008 according to the ...
    - Parksville News and Weekender,

    110-bed facility on UnitingCare agenda Nov 22, 2005
    ...so that they have the choice, quite separately, to receive care in a range of housing settings, rather than just in formal residential care,ÆÆ she said.
    - Port Macquarie News,

    Ramsay keen to quit aged care, at right price Nov 22, 2005
    ...executive Pat Grier said the company was seeking $60 million to $80 million for its aged-care business, which includes five residential-care facilities in ...
    - Sydney Morning Herald (subscription),

    Seniors short of beds: Labor Nov 19, 2005
    MORE than 100 Tasmanian seniors can't get residential care beds because the Federal Government has failed to reach its own targets, says the Labor Opposition. ...
    - Hobart Mercury,

    Half of South Shore space filled with long-term-care patients Nov 22, 2005
    ...care for Cape Breton, 100 for the Bedford-Lower Sackville area, 50 restorative or convalescent beds that haven’t been sited yet, 33 residential care beds in ...
    - Halifax Herald (subscription),

    Superbug shock in old people's homes Nov 22, 2005
    ...policies.". Nadra Ahmed, chairman of the National Care Homes Association, said: "It's easy to shift the blame on to residential care. ...
    - Leeds Today,

    Immediate Strategy Needed For Aged Care Nov 21, 2005
    ...number of those needing care in rest homes, dementia units and continuing care hospitals – one estimate is that up to 16,000 more residential care beds will ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release),

    Flu vaccine supply outpaces previous years Nov 22, 2005
    Community Medical Centers' Manager of Infection Control, Beverly Kuykendall, said the hospital, clinics and residential care facilities all had enough supply ...
    - Fresno Business Journal,

    Fishing trips for disabled people are catching on Nov 22, 2005
    The tournament, which is expected to draw about 60 anglers, is being hosted by Special Anglers USA, the Jewish Association of Residential Care and the Boynton ...
    - Palm Beach Post,

    Lax oversight in state program Nov 16, 2005
    This year the Department of Social and Health Services will pay 16 residential care companies a total of $34 million to closely supervise 381 clients in the ...
    - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Senior housing plan gets bad start Nov 16, 2005
    ...project. Sunrise is proposing a residential care facility with 78 rooms, 14 of which would be reserved for those with Alzheimer's. ...
    - Ventura County Star (subscription),

    Care home workers make protest outside County Hall Nov 17, 2005
    The staff are backed by the GMB, Unison and the FBU, coming together under the banner of Defend our Public Services, to prevent residential care from being ...
    - Blyth Wansbeck Today,

    Social workers’ fees paid Nov 18, 2005
    The next groups to register with the Care Council for Wales will be staff in residential child care, residential care for vulnerable adults, then home carers ...
    - Wrexham Evening Leader,

    Six arrested on murder charges Nov 22, 2005
    Leo Wayne Tokarz Rapp allegedly was lured to a residential care facility on Harpole Road where his on-again-off-again girlfriend worked, Capt. Dave Mundy said. ...
    - Record-Searchlight (subscription),

    PI Special Report: Public protection, private abuse Nov 15, 2005
    State officials had put him under 24-hour supervision with a for-profit residential care company a few months earlier to keep him safe from sexual predators ...
    - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Lax oversight in state program Nov 17, 2005
    This year the Department of Social and Health Services will pay 16 residential care companies a total of $34 million to closely supervise 381 clients in the ...
    - Standard-Speaker,

    Asylum seeking children exploited, warns HSE Nov 20, 2005
    The vast majority of separated children are placed in hostels, while others are placed in residential care, foster care or unsupported lodgings. ...
    - Irish Times,

    Health Fitness Calendar Nov 21, 2005
    ...the Ombudsman program for family and friends who are providing care to a senior either in their home or in a long term care nursing or residential care facility ...
    - Santa Cruz Sentinel,

    Kentuckiana charity raises thousands through eBay Nov 22, 2005
    Kentucky Baptist Homes provide foster and residential care to more than 300 Kentucky kids. Thousands more benefit from the charity's counseling services. ...
    - WHAS 11.com (subscription),

    Residents lose in sale of assisted living units Nov 17, 2005
    The security deposits were required of tenants of the Residential Care Apartment Complex, a 40-unit building for independent residents. ...
    - The Capital Times,

    Rose Queen and Court Reign at Five Acres' Open House Nov 17, 2005
    Five Acres' wish list of donations is an important factor in fulfilling the holiday hopes for children ages 6-18 in residential care and group homes. ...
    - Valley Sun,

    State program sacrifices clients' safety, critics say Nov 17, 2005
    A quality improvement team was set up six weeks ago to survey what other states are doing to reduce client-on-client violence in residential care, said Linda ...
    - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Parents with drink or drug problems causing city foster crisis Nov 16, 2005
    The council has a policy that no children under 12 go into residential care, as they are considered too young to cope, but is currently unable to stick to it. ...
    - Scotsman,

    Resthaven announces it will build Green House elder-care facility Nov 10, 2005
    Resthaven President and CEO Charles Vander Broek said the residential care facility is a new concept that stresses private rooms, more control of daily ...
    - The Grand Rapids Press,

    The Gerontologist Special Issue Focuses on Quality-of-Life for ... Nov 8, 2005
    ...“This research forms part of the foundation of the Alzheimer's Association Campaign for Quality Residential Care to enhance care for individuals with ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    Report: Mentally disabled suffer abuse in state-funded program Nov 16, 2005
    Four times a year, a state case manager meets with a client's therapist and residential care provider to go over an individual treatment plan. ...
    - kgw.com (subscription),

    DHBs Withhold Promised Funding To Aged Care Nov 6, 2005
    District Health Boards have refused to pass on the bulk of $82 million allocated to the aged residential care sector in this year’s Budget, and instead will ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release),

    New beds promised - but not on Carey Road Nov 4, 2005
    Four years ago, the CRD paid $2.176 million for the four-acre parcel of land to build a 174-unit residential care facility to replace the residential beds in ...
    - Saanich News,

    Business briefs Nov 8, 2005
    ...real estate investment trust specializing in health care properties, has purchased 14 facilities from Wingate Health Care and Senior Residential Care of Needham ...
    - Worcester Telegram (subscription),

    HOW THE KAUFMAN HOUSE STAYED OPEN Nov 8, 2005
    SRS informs Arlan Kaufman that the facility needs to be licensed as a residential care facility to comply and state and federal law. He does not respond. ...
    - Kansas.com,

    600 Detention Nights Behind Bars For Youth Nov 21, 2005
    ...to questioning Ms Tyler over the priority that the Associate Minister responsible for CYF, Ruth Dyson, has given to the provision of adequate residential care. ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release),

    WWI veteran dies in NZ aged 104 Nov 20, 2005
    Rudd remained healthy throughout his life and lived independently at home until a few days short of his 100th birthday when he moved into residential care. ...
    - The Age (subscription),

    Last post for WW1 veteran Nov 21, 2005
    Rudd kept good health throughout his life and lived independently until a few days short of his 100th birthday, when he moved into residential care. ...
    - Stuff.co.nz,

    Panel to begin work regulating youth homes Oct 24, 2005
    In 2003, Montana's Department of Health and Human Services published a report, “Unregulated Youth Residential Care Programs in Montana,� to provide ...
    - The Missoulian,

    Fears for future of public services Nov 17, 2005
    ..."This happened 18 months ago when the idea to close adult care homes was first proposed. "But it is not just residential care that is under threat. ...
    - Blyth Wansbeck Today,

    These children may not want another mum, but they want someone ... Nov 17, 2005
    ...from a challenge, she fosters teenagers and often youngsters with some difficulties as well as some returning from out-of-county placements or residential care ...
    - ic Wales,

    Shock at closure of hospital ward Nov 16, 2005
    ...of £3.1 million. Bakewell patients may be temporarily discharged to their home or to nursing and residential care. The closure ...
    - Matlock Today,

    Aging population places focus on health care jobs Nov 18, 2005
    Locally, the RI Department of Labor and Training predicts the nursing and residential care facilities industry is expected to add more than 5,000 jobs between ...
    - Providence Business News,

    Volunteer Opportunities Nov 17, 2005
    Home Ombudsmen: Volunteers interested in investigation and advocacy are needed as ombudsmen for residents of nursing homes, residential care centers, assisted ...
    - OregonLive.com,

    Still waiting on ER beds Nov 16, 2005
    ...organization. Anderson said FHA is making plans to go out to tender on more than 500 more residential care beds to be built by 2008.
    - Maple Ridge News,

    Legislative floor actions Nov 17, 2005
    87-5. SB 87 HOSPICE CARE (Wachtmann) - regarding the provision of hospice care in residential care facilities and the addition of four legislators as non-voting ...
    - Akron Beacon Journal,

    A neutral approach Nov 21, 2005
    Residential [care] is one of the most beneficial treatments for hard-core drug abusers, but it remains scarce. Waiting times can be up to three months.". ...
    - Baltimore Sun,

    Moving into independence at Hawthorne Nov 18, 2005
    Hawthorne Care Centre - which also provides 75 residential care beds for dependent elderly who need nursing care - is also renovating its ground floor, giving ...
    - Coquitlam Tri City News,

    Final witness testifies at Horn inquest Nov 17, 2005
    Horn, 58, was found frozen to death in a snowy field on Jan. 3, 2004 in -23 C weather. She’d recently moved from residential care into her own apartment. ...
    - Brandon Sun,

    Dementia care plan hits hitch Nov 8, 2005
    At present, the home in Whitecross Road looks after 44 residents needing ordinary nursing and residential care and employs about 50 local people. ...
    - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press,

    13 years later, well cleanup in Manteca continues Nov 21, 2005
    Mack, 77, wishes he'd known. He and his wife, Dorothy, ran a residential care home at their Airport Way property and raised their granddaughter there. ...
    - Stockton Record,

    Change will help with Cedar Creek funding Nov 21, 2005
    The amendment allows for ResCare's Cedar Creek Facility, which is licensed as a residential care facility, to obtain federal funding through Medicaid, ResCare ...
    - Fairfield Daily Ledger,

    Man takes his case right to the top - and wins Nov 17, 2005
    ...said he was not able to comment on how many people might be affected by the decision or whether there would be any changes to the Residential Care Subsidy as a ...
    - The Daily Post,

    VITAS Innovative Hospice Care(R) Broadens Executive Base With ... Nov 17, 2005
    ...but also in the company's 23 inpatient hospice units as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities/residential care facilities for the ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    CLASSIFIED ADS Nov 18, 2005
    243. HOUSEPARENT COUPLE--Texas Baptist Children's Home, Round Rock seeking married Christian couple to provide residential care for children and youth. ...
    - Dallas Baptist Standard,

    Charity aims to keep the Royal link Nov 16, 2005
    Although the charity offers residential care, its objective is to rehabilitate patients to a point of independence in their own homes. ...
    - ic Croydon,

    CORNING CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Olive City plans for ... Nov 16, 2005
    It is licensed for 15 adults. They can be reached at 824-1317. It is owned and operated by Don and Kathy Lenihan of Lenihan's Residential Care Homes. ...
    - Red Bluff Daily News,

    Capacity builders board and Chief Executive appointed Nov 16, 2005
    He has led the organisation from providing predominately residential care in 120 children's homes, to supporting vulnerable children in their own homes and ...
    - eGov monitor,

    Storm shelters for ill pitched to Legislature Nov 19, 2005
    The Health Department can help with planning by providing information about those groups, which includes people in adult residential care homes, special ...
    - Honolulu Star-Bulletin,

    Man with child's mind housed with offender Nov 16, 2005
    The state placed Anthony in a home with a residential care company called Relationships Toward Self-Discovery, which has been supervising developmentally ...
    - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    NCB Now: Alliance to promote child-centred care Oct 25, 2005
    The project was carried out by Voice for the Child in Care in partnership with NCB's Children's Residential Care Unit. The event focused on relationships. ...
    - Children Now,

    Girls On Parole `Bounced Around' Nov 14, 2005
    ...director of parole services. "We're clearly relying heavily on secure residential care to manage kids.". Director of Juvenile Justice ...
    - Hartford Courant,

    Autism Epidemic Calls for Action, Legislation Nov 16, 2005
    ...communities, those from the poorest areas of our State ¿mostly Black and Brown children-- will end up in state institutions, residential care facilities¿or ...
    - Disabilities.AFreePress.com,

    First bricks laid in major retirement housing scheme Oct 24, 2005
    On the same site, Nottinghamshire County Council has commissioned SOL Construction to design and build a residential care home with 32 beds and day care ...
    - 24dash.com (press release),

    Sixty Plus Nov 7, 2005
    ...and in need of nursing home level care can choose to get that care at home, in an assisted living facility, or in certain residential care homes rather than a ...
    - BurlingtonFreePress.com,

    Ownership Change Ensures Robots Remain in NZ Oct 26, 2005
    Pharmacy One Ltd, the largest supplier of pharmacy services to New Zealand’s residential care industry, has acquired the business and assets of Medication ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release),

    Report shows senior's housing crunch Oct 26, 2005
    There's an 8.9 per cent vacancy rate, even though "the number of residential care beds on Vancouver Island dipped nearly four per cent, compared to 2004.". ...
    - Oak Bay News,

    Weekend Q&A: VA chief optimistic about upcoming challenges Nov 10, 2005
    A: In the context of long-term care, we're doing wonderfully in changing the paradigm from long-term residential care to long-term home care. ...
    - WKYC-TV,

    Jazzin' it up for a cause Nov 13, 2005
    Francis Healthcare Foundation, St. Francis Healthcare Enterprises Inc., St. Francis Residential Care Community and "Our Lady of Kea'au.". ...
    - Honolulu Star-Bulletin,

    Region briefs Nov 19, 2005
    Point, a division of CareSouth Carolina based in Hartsville, will sponsor a volunteer ombudsman program for nursing homes and residential care facilities. ...
    - Florence Morning News,

    Barchester buys private nursing home Nov 14, 2005
    Mr Gray said yesterday: "Residential care has been an interesting and engaging business during the last 20 years, but the time has come to do other things. ...
    - Yorkshire Post Today,

    Vital group of workers omitted from article Nov 13, 2005
    We work in nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, adult day centers, consumer-directed settings and private ...
    - Rutland Herald,

    Kaufman case may lead to reforms Nov 13, 2005
    Kaufman House. SRS tried to force the Kaufmans to be licensed as a residential care facility, but the couple refused. Arlan Kaufman ...
    - Kansas.com,

    NEWS BRIEFS Nov 8, 2005
    ...off site clinics. The Maplewood Residential Care Facility in Jasper will also host one on Monday, Nov. 14, from 1-3 pm. The health ...
    - Carthage Press,

    Flu Clinics Nov 10, 2005
    Shots will be available Monday at the Alba City Hall from 9 am until 11 am and at the Maplewood Residential Care Facility in Jasper from 1 pm until 3 pm Shots ...
    - KSNF,

    Looking for a fall in fall figures Nov 9, 2005
    ...example of partnership working and demonstrated our commitment to reduce the number of injuries older people suffer from falls both in residential care and in ...
    - Times 24,

    Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights News Coverage of ... Nov 9, 2005
    ...services to more than 3,800 mentally retarded or developmentally disabled adults and children who otherwise would have to live in residential care, the AP ...
    - Kaiser network.org,

    Judge praises Butler County detention pact Oct 27, 2005
    Adelphoi Village in Latrobe charges $182 for men in intensive residential care and $217 for women in intensive residential care, and $289 for men and women in ...
    - Pittsburgh Post Gazette,

    Foster carers to earn £27,000 Oct 31, 2005
    Pioneering plans approved by Inverclyde Council will see professional foster carers paid to take on full-time residential care of youngsters with challenging ...
    - Greenock Telegraph,

    Levels of noise in the workplace to drop Oct 30, 2005
    ...damage. OLDER people who are discharged from hospital into residential care rarely return to their own homes, a report has found. ...
    - ic Wales,

    Decisive action needed to protect vulnerable adults Nov 10, 2005
    ...any notion that those were isolated problems, and underlined the need for reform of the laws and the culture throughout the state’s residential care system. ...
    - The State,

    Police probe care home 'assault' Nov 9, 2005
    A POLICE investigation is underway into an alleged assault on an elderly woman at a residential care home for people with dementia in Edmonton. ...
    - Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal,

    Offering an apology Nov 14, 2005
    Homes, which is now CFS Ballarat. At its peak the organisation provided residential care to 200 children. The apology is part of ...
    - Ballarat Courier,

    Children's Home, KidsPeace appropriations approved Nov 18, 2005
    ...youths. The Children's Home is part of a residential care consortium made up of other similar homes in seven states, Danjczek said. ...
    - The Express Times,

    New care and protection residence opens today 03 Oct 2005
    ...“The redevelopment will enable staff to better focus on individualised residential care programmes the young people here need so as to improve their ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Assisted living units to be tested as a new MediCal benefit 03 Oct 2005
    Program officials expect to place about 70 percent of Medi-Cal eligible residents into assisted living homes called residential care facilities for the elderly ...
    - San Jose Business Journal

    City may end liquor ban 03 Oct 2005
    The outlet is not within 500 feet of a school, day care center, social services agency or residential care facility, or within 150 feet of a residence. ...
    - San Jose Mercury News

    Gilbert couple cares for others 03 Oct 2005
    ...residents. Dorothy Hopper, 93, moved into the relatively small residential care center after living in a larger nursing home in Phoenix. ...
    - East Valley Tribune

    Flu jab call for the most at risk 03 Oct 2005
    Flu jabs are also free to residents in long-stay residential care homes and carers of older or disabled people whose health is at risk if their carer falls ill ...
    - BBC News

    Defend protections from pesticide applications for sensitive ... 03 Oct 2005
    ...proposes to amend Chapter 60 to make CPCA's only available to "groups of sensitive individuals in hospitals, nursing homes, residential care facilities or ...
    - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association

    End of the dream as Spaniards pull down expat homes 03 Oct 2005
    Mrs Mail, a former residential care assistant, and her husband Robert, 53, who was general manager of a Birmingham metal company, moved with their daughter ...
    - Times Online

    RESIDENTIAL CARE IN GRAND ISLE? Sep 20, 2005
    Nancy Eldridge, Executive Director of Cathedral Square (housing) Corp. will discuss the different types of Residential Care options for Grand Isle to consider.
    - Champlain Islander

    Premature Strike Action In Aged Residential Care Sep 16, 2005
    This week the NZNO and SFWU delivered strike action notices to two of the countries largest aged residential care providers. The ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Care home plan is Sep 30, 2005
    ...does secure the long term future of Ellacombe and also, most importantly, gives us the opportunity to increase the much needed residential care provision in ...
    - Norwich Evening News

    Aged Care Strikes Premature Sep 29, 2005
    Before wages can increase, the government and DHBs must increase the price paid to providers to deliver aged residential care services�. ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Governor Schwarzenegger Acts on Legislation to Protect California ... Sep 30, 2005
    AB 300 by Assemblymember Mimi Walters (R-Laguna Niguel) - Residential care facilities for the elderly adult residential facilities, and group home facilities ...
    - One Bakersfield Online

    Investment in care for disabled falls short Sep 28, 2005
    ...this year, the report shows that, nationally, 2,270 people with an intellectual disability are still without a day service, full-time residential care, or both ...
    - IrishExaminer.com

    Costs Balloon for Aged Care Sep 25, 2005
    ...dementia care. In all, about one in 13 people over the age of 65 was in residential care at a total annual cost of $76m. "The greatest ...
    - RedNova.com

    Intellectual disability service concern Sep 29, 2005
    Over 2,200 people with intellectual disabilities who require either fulltime residential care or day care, are still waiting for these services, the Health ...
    - Irish Health

    Elderly to benefit from improved home care Sep 28, 2005
    Health Minister Mary Harney pledged to substantially increase home care packages, rather than placing people in residential care, as part of a new policy ...
    - Ireland Online

    Harney plan for elderly care in their homes Sep 28, 2005
    ...of dependency. The Government is also expected to look at new ways of involving the private sector in residential care. Previous ...
    - Irish Times

    Care Sector Welcomes National's Policy Sep 5, 2005
    Aged Residential Care Sector Welcomes National's Policy Commitments The National Party today released its policy for aged residential care. ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Planning better life for disabled adults Sep 28, 2005
    ...the select committee. "Some who have been in residential care for a number of years may feel anxious about any changes. "The most ...
    - ic SurreyOnline.co.uk

    Spring opening for seniors’ home Sep 30, 2005
    George’s next spring. The $19.3 million St. George’s Residential Care Facility, which is currently being built on the site of the old St. ...
    - Bermuda Sun

    Southwark council also attacks the elderly Sep 27, 2005
    Peter John, leader of the council’s Labour opposition group, also addressed the meeting and promised to back the campaign to save residential care. ...
    - Socialistworker.co.uk

    TLC and KEYS Youth Services plan to merge Oct 1, 2005
    KEYS Youth Services has been in operation for more than 35 years in the Kansas City area and provides residential care and treatment to adolescents between the ...
    - Kansas City Star

    Town tries to rein in businesses at homes Sep 26, 2005
    ...concerned residents. The group would address complaints and work with neighborhoods when a residential care center is about to open. The ...
    - TheNewsTribune.com (subscription)

    Mental health unit 'may break law' Sep 30, 2005
    Martin Graham states: "The level and type of care provided at the property is materially different to that provided when used as a residential care home for ...
    - Sheffield Today

    UK : Options paper seeks fairer ways to share the cost of caring ... Sep 17, 2005
    ...that, even in a worst-case scenario, someone selling an average-priced home would not have to spend more than half the proceeds on paying for residential care. ...
    - TheMatureMarket.co.uk

    Experts Review Ways to Help Teens: Depression, drugs among the ... Sep 29, 2005
    Panelist Dr. Stephen Wyatt is the medical director at the Stonington Institute, a residential care facility that sees teenagers only after other treatments ...
    - Shore Publishing

    Seniors need regulations to raise quality of life Sep 24, 2005
    RESIDENTIAL care is suffering with regulatory neglect making it impossible for many of the island's seniors to receive an adequate level of attention and ...
    - Mid-Ocean News

    Neighborhood nervous about group home Sep 28, 2005
    ...these folks.". Staff members have a mix of master's degrees and bachelor's degrees, as well as residential care experience. The residents ...
    - Lincoln City News Guard

    Special hearing into vulnerable teenage runaways Sep 28, 2005
    CYNTHIA: What I’m actually speaking about is that there’sa fair few patterns, where the children are in residential care units, the care workers use ...
    - ABC Online

    Brief Reports: Predictors of Children's Involvement in Parents' ... Sep 7, 2005
    Table 1 shows characteristics of the sample. Table 1. Characteristics of 3,346 homeless veterans in residential care who had children younger than 18 years. ...
    - Psychiatric Services (subscription)

    Better funding of aged care services Sep 5, 2005
    National announced its Health Policy in New Plymouth today. "Under Labour, the aged residential care sector has suffered enormous uncertainty and growing ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Hundreds of health care workers set to strike Sep 16, 2005
    The NZ Nurses Organization and the Service and Food Workers Union have delivered strike notices to two of the countries largest aged residential care providers ...
    - National Business Review

    Brash: National's better path for health Sep 5, 2005
    Under Labour, the aged residential care sector has suffered enormous uncertainty and growing financial pressure, with 40 rest homes closing in the past few ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Neighbors oppose bigger care facility Sep 15, 2005
    YORBA LINDA – More than 60 people turned out to oppose the expansion of a residential-care facility at Wednesday night's Planning Commission meeting ...
    - OCRegister (subscription)

    New owners for Oak Manor Retirement Home Sep 2, 2005
    Regan is a builder/developer of residential care facilities and administrator for three other complexes. Goodwin is a financier. ...
    - Amador Ledger-Dispatch

    Privatization isn't cheaper and better Sep 19, 2005
    OPPAGA said residential-care workers working for the state get 240 hours of training, twice the requirement for private contractors. ...
    - Tallahassee.com

    Nursing home costs 10th highest Sep 27, 2005
    ..."An assisted living or residential care facility placement may follow, but once the individual requires more care or more hours of care, a nursuing home ...
    - Pacific Business News

    Nurse stabbed in care home break-in Sep 19, 2005
    A NURSE stabbed in a break-in at a residential care home was last night in a stable condition in hospital. She was "viciously attacked ...
    - ic Wales

    Regional officials meet to discuss immigration Sep 28, 2005
    ...more care for the older adult is needed, financial pitfalls, legal and financial issues, medication use and abuse, dementia, residential care, balancing work ...
    - TimesCommunity.com

    Peace of mind difficult to find Sep 25, 2005
    ...“The boy couldn’t be kept at home, so dad stayed with him in a hotel� until the boy could be placed in a residential care facility. ...
    - Kansas City Star

    Health/Fitness and Support Groups Sep 26, 2005
    ...the Ombudsman program for family and friends who are providing care to a senior either in their home or in a long term care nursing or residential care facility ...
    - Santa Cruz Sentinel

    Theda M. Ogrodnik Sep 29, 2005
    HARRISVILLE, NY -- Theda Maria Ogrodnik, 87, former resident of Harrisville, died Wednesday evening at the Lewis County Residential Care Facility, Lowville ...
    - newzjunky.com

    She has the ability, the desire and three wins in the boxing ring Sep 29, 2005
    As an ordained minister, he counsels teens in an urban ministry and makes a living assisting clients for Residential Care Services Inc., of Forest Hills. ...
    - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

    $3.8m work on track Sep 28, 2005
    Residential care director Gail Adler said dementia-specific training for the new dementia wing was already under way at the home. ...
    - Port Lincoln Times

    Care UK expects in line results Sep 21, 2005
    In its residential care services, the group said its pipeline of opportunities would continue to support growth expectations for the division, while its ...
    - ShareCast

    Social care boss blasts Assembly budget Sep 28, 2005
    Health minister Brian Gibbons said the funds would help tackle the nursing and residential care crisis which saw him clash with coun Dixon earlier this year. ...
    - ic Wales

    Bid to up care charges Sep 28, 2005
    ...for adult care services, said: "Currently, only 14 per cent of the thousands of people we help pay anything towards the cost of their non-residential care. ...
    - Times 24

    Down home blues concert in Lake Station Sep 29, 2005
    ...half of the duo Mo Beat Blues Band, and boogie in the aisle with him while friend Josie Bocianski grabbed a resident from Lake Park Residential Care and danced ...
    - Gary Post Tribune

    Change order OK'd while county, architect firm quibble Sep 28, 2005
    A change order needed to complete construction of Des Moines County's new $2 million residential care facility was unanimously, albeit reluctantly, approved by ...
    - Burlington Hawk Eye

    Million more health appointments predicted Sep 27, 2005
    ...will also rise, with an extra million appointments by the time the new houses are built – fuelling the need for more doctors, nurses and residential care. ...
    - Bedford Today

    Grace Cottage feels pinch of federal regulations Sep 28, 2005
    Like the Adult Day Services program, Grace Cottage is planning to stop running its residential care program at Heins Home because of the same funding issues. ...
    - Brattleboro Reformer

    Back Page: Social Claire - Keep confidential details quiet Sep 27, 2005
    Talking too openly about a young woman in residential care, whose case file she'd been allocated, she mused: "Oh yes, she's going to be hard work cos she's a ...
    - Children Now

    Times-News correspondent Sep 30, 2005
    ...of Commerce in California. Frazier and her husband, Don, also ran their own licensed residential care facility. "I know all about ...
    - Twin Falls Times-News

    ‘Godmother’ to the elderly retires Sep 18, 2005
    ..."There’s lots of assisted and residential care if you’ve got money," she said, estimating there are less than a dozen beds slated for Supplemental Security ...
    - Santa Cruz Sentinel

    Care Sector Welcomes Labour’s Commitment Sep 14, 2005
    Healthcare Providers NZ welcomed Finance Minister Michael Cullen’s commitment today to significantly increasing funding for aged residential care. ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    OAP HOME FACING AXE Sep 16, 2005
    ...the supervision of a warden. A team of specially trained residential care staff would be on site 24 hours a day. If all goes to ...
    - Hexham Courant

    Lets Get The Record Straight Sep 7, 2005
    ...of the Wairarapa Labour candidate that Mackenzie was wrong to assert that National “is promising only $35 million for aged residential care while Labour has ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Residents unhappy about role for house Sep 25, 2005
    At that time, Brad Grimmer, chief executive of the residential care provider Mash, said he would be horrified if a home for disabled people were run there. ...
    - Manawatu Standard

    CareTech Holdings Seeks Alternative Invest Market Flotation Sep 19, 2005
    CareTech offers high quality specialist support and residential care to people with physical disability, challenging behaviours, mental health problems and ...
    - Business Online

    National Assisted Living Week under way Sep 13, 2005
    Assisted living facilities, also known as residential care facilities, are committed to advancing the assisted living profession and the compassionate quality ...
    - Hannibal Courier Post

    Poorer families struggling to meet care bills for elderly Sep 14, 2005
    ...to give a better deal to those on low incomes, who currently have to give up almost all their pensions before getting local authority help for residential care ...
    - Telegraph.co.uk

    Anxiety and Depression in Family Caregivers of People With ... Sep 24, 2005
    They were contacted though local psychiatric services, through the voluntary sector, and through managers of nursing and residential care homes. ...
    - Am J Geriatric Psychiatry (subscription)

    Collins Comments: National's Plan For Health Sep 7, 2005
    National will also commit a further $35 million per year into the Aged Residential Care contract from April 1, 2006 as a second step towards redressing ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Tracscare in Pounds 5m Compass Takeover Sep 2, 2005
    Tracscare is a specialist provider of residential care homes for adults with mental health needs. Compass Care runs five residential ...
    - Black Enterprise

    Elderly day care shake-up goes on Sep 14, 2005
    The new contracts are valued at £1.4million a year and part of a move from putting the elderly into residential care by offering them more home-based help and ...
    - Sunderland Echo

    Fitch Upgrades Nazareth Living Center (Missouri) to 'BB+'; Outlook ... Sep 1, 2005
    Previously, the Sisters paid a 17% discount off charges for both skilled nursing and residential care. The renegotiated contract ...
    - Business Wire (press release)

    'We believe they can have a greater part in society' Sep 28, 2005
    ...appropriate," said Mr Phillips. "He was bag-packaged up and ready to be sent hundreds of miles away to residential care. "We got together ...
    - ic Wales

    PLANNING APPLICATIONS Sep 23, 2005
    Ovington Wellburn House Residential Care, tree preservation order – T1 yew tree, prune to give 1.5m clearance from existing building at Wellburn House ...
    - Hexham Courant

    Care home funding system 'unfair' Sep 14, 2005
    More help for those on low incomes, who are currently expected to give up most of their pensions before getting local authority help with residential care costs ...
    - BBC News

    Sallies sell rest homes to Australia Sep 6, 2005
    Yesterday National came a small way to the party with a pledge of an extra $59 million a year in subsidies for aged residential care. ...
    - Stuff.co.nz

    State often breaks promises to share funding Sep 25, 2005
    ...is a law. The budget suspended "fair rate" laws for home- and residential-care providers for the next two years. Some argue the ...
    - Boston Globe

    Parties offer more for aged care but bills huge Sep 7, 2005
    Labour's May Budget provided for $71 million, which was described as extra money for aged residential care - $38.4 million for inflation and growing needs, and ...
    - New Zealand Herald

    Care home founders to get float windfall Sep 18, 2005
    Stockbroker Brewin Dolphin Securities is handling the deal. Caretech runs two day-care centres and 61 residential care homes, mainly in the south of England. ...
    - Guardian Unlimited

    Caretech founders plan £60m Aim float Sep 18, 2005
    It currently has 61 residential care homes, with 435 beds, and two day centres. According to its website, it is currently caring for about 300 patients. ...
    - Telegraph.co.uk

    Thousands of young people affected by Sep 21, 2005
    ...least to be providing better financial supports, flexible care arrangements, more home care services and specialised respite and residential care facilities if ...
    - Ireland Online

    Hospice provides comforts of home Sep 23, 2005
    Other services include transitional care from hospital to home, respite care for exhausted caregivers, and residential care for patients who have no suitable ...
    - Boston Globe

    Aged care funding a priority for Labour Sep 13, 2005
    ...“The 2005 Budget brought to $895.9 million the amount available for aged care services and to $539.2 million the funding for aged residential care. ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

    Crowded skies, fuel shortages hamper airlifts Sep 23, 2005
    Antonio. The Department of Family and Protective Services has arranged to provide day care and residential care facilities. Authorities ...
    - Monterey County Herald

    OAPs should keep cash if they go in care Sep 15, 2005
    Canon Julian Frost, of Lancaster, helped his 90-year-old widowed aunt Elsie Goodwin move into residential care three years ago, when she became too frail to ...
    - This is Money

    Psycho Doctor in call for babies to be beheaded Sep 27, 2005
    ...twisted remark as he and fellow councillors were discussing the local council’s policy of sending severely disabled children to a residential care home in ...
    - British National Party

    Veterans affairs: Who qualifies for nursing home care? Sep 16, 2005
    ...contract home health care, adult day health care, homemaker and home health aide services, home respite care, home hospice care and community residential care. ...
    - Stuart News (subscription)

    Plans for new village set to get green light Sep 8, 2005
    Storthes Hall Lane, Kirkburton. There will also be a residential care home in the former hospital's clock tower. Elderly people would ...
    - ic Huddersfield.co.uk

    How you can help hurricane victims Sep 27, 2005
    Vergie's Manor Residential Care facility staff and other volunteers have joined forces with Club CARSON and the Carson Courier to raise funds and collect ...
    - Daily Breeze

    'Care charges will hit vulnerable' Sep 15, 2005
    Monday until December 9. Across the county, 8,468 adults use non-residential care services provided by the council. They are people ...
    - This Is Hertfordshire

    NHS ban cigs outside hospitals Sep 20, 2005
    Only people living in residential care homes and long-stay psychiatric facilities will be allowed to smoke from next March, in line with the introduction of ...
    - Glasgow Daily Record

    Police reports Sep 27, 2005
    Graffiti. Someone spray painted gang graffiti on the St. Anne’s Residential Care building at 164 Santa Dominga Ave. before 7:32 am Wednesday. ...
    - San Mateo Daily Journal

    CHILD CARE INQUIRY HAS DAMAGED CONFIDENCE – CLAIM Sep 19, 2005
    ...trauma of reliving the tragic events of February 8, 2002, had been felt not only by the grieving families but also by social workers and residential care staff ...
    - Isle of Man

    Spending clamp as social services deficit revealed Sep 13, 2005
    ...care budget has been hit by a variety of factors including a projected £4.2 million overspend on placing adults and children in residential care homes and a ...
    - ic Birmingham.co.uk

    Supervisors share ideas for Louisa County's future Sep 28, 2005
    The Board also noted that the population census at the Odessa Residential Care Facility has decreased dramatically through the last five years. ...
    - Muscatine Journal

    Fashion inspiration Sep 22, 2005
    ...the UK. At home Jordan would have to have residential care, but his parents were against that and sought alternative treatment. So ...
    - Tonight

    CRSI Group, Inc Announces New Acquisition Sep 20, 2005
    ...care staffing personnel (known as home health aides in the US), nurses, and specialized medical personnel to nursing homes, residential care homes, hospices ...
    - PrimeZone (press release)

    Carlsbad residents tea up for a cause Sep 18, 2005
    ...where they sipped tea and nibbled scones, dozens of Carlsbad residents spent a relaxing Sunday afternoon at the Arbor Victoria Residential Care Facility for ...
    - North County Times

    Dementia the subject of two Monaro networks Sep 26, 2005
    ...to other services, respite for carers, carer support groups, advice on how to manage changed behaviours, day programs, residential care information, Liaison ...
    - Bombala Times




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