Assisted living proposal moves ahead Aug 20, 2008
The organization wants to build 30 to 50 assisted-living apartments that could offer 24-hour services to low-income elderly people who might otherwise end up in nursing homes. Applications for financial resources for the project must be completed by Oct. 31. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Best-worst hospital death rates unveiled Aug 20, 2008
What leapt out of a review of the patients' records was that just 10 of 31 deaths occurred in the hospital, suggesting that some deaths were due to follow-up care by local doctors and nursing homes, says Paul Convery, Baylor's chief medical officer. "This was a signal that we have to be responsible for patients after they've left our halls.". (USA Today)
BUDGET BUSTERS Aug 19, 2008
The largest savings on Paterson's menu come from reducing Medicaid payment rates to hospitals and nursing homes ... Reforming Medicaid by closing eligibility loopholes for nursing homes and home care. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Door Says Election Went Well, Despite Weather Aug 19, 2008
"They should have their hands slapped. Door added that her office does all it can to make voting possible, including absentee ballots and visiting nursing homes. She added that employers are required by law to allow employees time off work to vote. "Everybody can come up with some excuse not to vote," Door said. ?Washington Missouri 2008 Submit your comment now Comment Title: Submit your comments on the article in the space below: Your Name: Your City & State: Your Email Address: (required) In... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Senior Notes (Aug. 21) Aug 19, 2008
Since its launch a year ago September, we have helped hundreds of callers find resources and information about housing, insurance, home care, legal and medical referrals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities in short, almost every elder care situation imaginable. The information and referral service is free, although, as we know, actual programs and services vary in price and availability. (Needham Tab, MA)
Progress Energy Florida, Tampa Electric prepare for storm Aug 19, 2008
Others, such as communication service providers, schools, nursing homes, supermarkets, home improvement and building supply centers, and insurance facilities would be third on the list. The said in a release that it is moving both people and supplies into positions throughout Florida, including thousands of ready-to-eat meals and cots and dozens of emergency response vehicles. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
NCT: LETTERS, Aug. 18, 2008 Aug 19, 2008
MRSA has now moved out of prisons, nursing homes, and hospitals into the COMMUNITY. That's right, you can get an MRSA infection without even going to a hospital. And without travelling to the UK. (North County Times)
Canadians warned not to eat certain Maple Leaf sliced meats over ... Aug 19, 2008
These products have been distributed across Canada, mostly to restaurants, hospitals and nursing homes. Font. (Canada.com)
More of this story Aug 19, 2008
They do community service and go to nursing homes from time to time to read and sing and pass out fruit or candy, said Whitmore. The team is also responsible for the annual MLK parade, she added. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Undertaker charged with stealing from clients' homes Aug 19, 2008
Police say the 36-year old undertaker had stolen from nursing homes and private residences. They say that many more thefts may not yet have been discovered, as relatives often do not check their loved one's belongings. (ABC Regional Online)
ImmuneRegen BioSciences, ASU work to sink cruise ship diarrhea Aug 19, 2008
These viruses are the leading cause of gastrointestinal illness throughout the world and often are at the root of outbreaks in closed living environments, such as nursing homes, cruise ships or prisons. The resulting illness often is called cruise ship diarrhea. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
RehabCare sells Midland, Texas, hospital to HealthSouth Aug 19, 2008
St. Louis-based RehabCare (NYSE: RHB) provides physical rehabilitation program management services in more than 1,200 hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities throughout the United States. RehabCare also owns and operates freestanding rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospitals. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Living to 100 Doesn't Mean Living Poorly Aug 19, 2008
Such theories hold that, "all the nursing homes will choke, as more and more people spend much more time disabled," Goodwin said. "But in reality, that hasn't really worked out to be the case.". (Health-Finder)
Novant refinances $198 million in bonds Aug 19, 2008
The Novant system includes nine hospitals, two nursing homes and a range of outpatient facilities. Reader Comments. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
St. Barnabas, Excela Health adding hospice care services Aug 18, 2008
St. Barnabas will serve patients at its two nursing homes and assisted living complexes as well as other facilities and private homes. Home medical care includes such things as physical therapy and intravenous administration of antibiotics, interventions designed to return the patient to full health, while hospice care focuses on pain relief and other comfort measures. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
It was the best of times Aug 17, 2008
5 million television ad campaign slamming his plan to cap school taxes going on the air and a radio ad ripping him for his proposal to trim spending on hospitals and nursing homes also being broadcast. What has happened is Paterson's general talk about the need to control taxes and spending has gotten specific: he wants the cap on increases in school taxes and he wants the Legislature to cut $600 million in planned spending, much of it from health care programs. (Albany Times Union)
Memories of volunteer take flight during aviation parks dedication Aug 17, 2008
local nursing homes, show-ing residents videos he put. together. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Connecticut Relies Heavily On Large-Chain Nursing Homes Aug 17, 2008
The Courant analyzed the most recent two years of inspection and ownership data from the federal Centers for Medicare aid Services, or CMS, for the more than 240 licensed nursing homes in Connecticut ... The data from the last two years show that about 70 percent of the state's licensed nursing homes, or 169, were owned by chains, most of them comprising five or more facilities ... While it's difficult to get an accurate picture of chain ownership nationwide, a 2004 survey by the National Center... (FOX61, CT)
Sharon Tott (44) Aug 17, 2008
Sharon was a nurses aide for 26 years, working in nursing homes and hospitals. She later worked for a cleaning service in Sioux City. (Sioux City Journal)
Caritas Carney doctors group settles with Justice Aug 16, 2008
The allegedly fraudulent claims were for services provided at local nursing homes between 2000 and 2006. As part of the agreement, in which the group does not admit liability, the inspector general for the US Department of Health and Human Services will oversee the Carney doctors for three years. (Boston Globe)
A fantasy world of bullet-proof Aussies Aug 16, 2008
So maybe all those speed cameras should be outside nursing homes. In any case, the vast majority of pedestrian fatalities occur because the poor sod is jaywalking. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Legionnaires Disease Pops Up in Rochester, Elmira Aug 16, 2008
Legionnaires' Disease is not spread person-to-person, and most cases occur at hospitals or nursing homes. Hospitals are often places where standing water in pipes or large ventilation systems offer a home for the Legionella bacteria to grow. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Debt crisis could cost charities millions Aug 16, 2008
ALMOST a year after the subprime debt crisis emerged in the United States, the same financial products which have exposed NSW councils to hundreds of millions of dollars in potential losses are threatening charities, churches, children's hospitals, nursing homes and dozens of councils across the nation. Gosford City Council is one of the worst affected: it faces having a $74 million portfolio wiped out. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Pricey health coverage eases worries for future Aug 16, 2008
Private nursing homes in the Valley cost an average $76,202 a year, slightly below the national average of $76,460, according to a study by Genworth Financial. Assisted-living facilities are more reasonable, at an average cost in the Valley of $29,676 and $36,090 nationally. (AZCentral -- Business)
Hits and misses Aug 16, 2008
Bethke of Hamilton, who lost her son William in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, copes with her loss by sharing the joy of laughter at health fairs, nursing homes and other venues. HIT: Another developer's interest in revitalizing a por tion of Trenton. (NJ.com -- Times)
Top health exec sees no trouble with cuts Aug 16, 2008
Cuts proposed for Medicaid spending account for half of the total, with nursing homes, insurers and hospitals seeing the largest cuts of $169. 4 million, $120 million and $99. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Senior notes Aug 15, 2008
This guide provides a comprehensive listing of local adult day health centers; assisted living facilities; care managers; diagnostic centers; financial and legal resources; home health agencies; housing options; nursing homes; and support groups for individuals and families caring for a loved one with Alzheimer s disease. As a member of the partnership, Springwell has made complimentary copies of the guide available to Watertown residents. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Perdue touts drug discounts for uninsured Aug 15, 2008
The law would distribute unused packaged pharmaceuticals from hospices, personal care homes and nursing homes to the indigent. Those medications have been discarded when a patient dies. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Japan's Chinese laborers Aug 15, 2008
With one of the world's most rapidly aging populations and lowest birthrates, Japan is facing acute labor shortages not only in farming towns like Kawakami but also in fishing villages, factories, restaurants and nursing homes, and on construction sites. Closed to immigration, Japan has admitted foreign workers through various loopholes, including employing growing numbers of foreign students as part-timers and temporary workers, like the Chinese here, as so-called foreign trainees. (International Herald Tribune)
IRS reminds veterans, retirees to file for economic stimulus checks Aug 15, 2008
If you look at it from a retiree perspective, if they are in poor health or in nursing homes and other places where they really are not up on the news or have some sort of dependent taking care of their financial matters, they probably wouldn't know to file or recall how to do it, Jones said. The IRS certainly publicized a lot when they started sending out the checks, but the news just dried up on it after that. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Former 'poor farm' site is filled with history Aug 15, 2008
Others became nursing homes or juvenile detention centers. Edgefield, which was the poor farm in Multnomah County, Ore. (USA Today -- News)
100 agencies facing $2b black hole Aug 15, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Transporting dead is more than just removing a body Aug 15, 2008
Removal services are contracted by funeral homes to transport bodies from hospice care, nursing homes and private houses. Once the family of the deceased contacts their selected funeral home, a removal team is sent to transport the body. (Florida Times-Union)
Many brain injury patients poised toquit nursing homes for freer lives Aug 14, 2008
Many brain injury patients poised to quit nursing homes for freer lives - The Boston Globe ... Many brain injury patients poised to quit nursing homes for freer lives ... An all-but-final court settlement may soon begin to help Alexander and as many as 2,000 other Massachusetts residents with brain injuries leave nursing homes, in a slow but sweeping exodus that advocates and officials say is unprecedented in the country. (Boston Globe)
As Charges Mount, Caregivers and Supporters Call on Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange to Help Stop Unlawful Intimidation of Workers Aug 14, 2008
We represent healthcare workers in all job classifications and all healthcare settings, including hospitals, homecare, nursing homes and clinics. Our mission is to achieve high-quality healthcare for all. (PR Newswire)
For elderly, sex doesn't have to get old Aug 14, 2008
"It's not age per se; that when you get to 80 it's all over with," said sociologist Edward Laumann, who led the study of 3,000 American men and women aged 57 to 85 who lived at home, not in nursing homes. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Study: Sex Doesn't Get Old Just Because You Do Aug 14, 2008
Researchers at the University of Chicago studied 3,000 elderly American men and women who lived at home and not in nursing homes. What they found was that more than three-quarters of men and half of women between the ages of 75 to 85 are still interested in sex, Reuters reported. (Fox News)
Judge to rule on bids Aug 14, 2008
3M apparent high for four Northwoods nursing homes in bankruptcy court ... ALBANY -- A new bidder stepped forward Tuesday and is set to purchase four nursing homes that operated under the Northwoods Rehabilitation name ... The company outbid the expected buyer, Hyman Jacobs, who owns seven nursing homes operating under the name Windsor Healthcare LLC of Norwood, N.J., said Richard Weisz, an attorney at the Albany law firm Hodgson Russ LLP who represents Jacobs. (Albany Times Union)
Ignorance is no excuse Aug 14, 2008
travel within city to local hospitals, nursing homes and other health. ak. (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)
Nursing Homes Cringe at Half Billion in Cuts Aug 13, 2008
Liz Medhin - (Rochester, N.Y.) Nursing homes indicate the governors budget plan goes back on a promise the state made last year to get more Medicaid dollars--instead under the new budget plan, nursing homes would get less money -- about a half billion dollars less ... Which jobs and how many are still being discussed at nursing homes like Kirkhaven, but the ripple effect in the economy is undeniable ... The president of Kirkhaven says it, like most nursing homes, has to rely on small... (WOKR13 Rochester)
Apply for absentee ballots now for Burlington Election Aug 13, 2008
Voters who are confined to nursing homes in the county may vote absentee. An Absentee Voting Board actually goes to the nursing home a few days before the election, sets up a small polling place and allows these persons to vote under circumstances similar to those at a regular precinct polling place. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
Critical list highlights need, challenge Aug 13, 2008
Nine nursing homes in the state are considered critical to the long-term care for older South Dakotans ... The nursing homes on the critical list have found themselves there due to geography, primarily ... They re small nursing homes, and as most know in South Dakota, small and rural are hardly an equation for outstanding success. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Safe passage sought for seniors Aug 13, 2008
But even some people in nursing homes faced problems. Between 4 a.m. Oct. 22 and 5 a.m. the next day, 12 nursing homes in Fallbrook, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Del Mar, Chula Vista and Spring Valley were ordered to evacuate their 1,600 patients ... Villa Pomerado, a nursing home in Escondido operated by Palomar Pomerado Health, sent seven buses carrying about 20 seniors to Tri-City Medical Center, based on orders from the county's Medical Emergency Services, which is in charge of evacuations for... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Paterson calls for $1 billion more in state budget cuts Aug 12, 2008
4 million cut from nursing homes and 99 ... In just a few short weeks we have gone from suggestions of shared sacrifice to making hospitals and nursing homes into sacrificial lambs, said William Van Slyke, vice president of the Healthcare Association of New York State. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Author's novel invitation to home Aug 12, 2008
A 93-year-old woman who has had her first novel published has bought a house in Devon so she can help friends stay out of nursing homes ... She hopes the book's royalties will pay enough so her friends do not have to move into nursing homes, something she dreads. (BBC News)
Man Sentenced In Bloomfield Group Home Abuse Case Aug 12, 2008
White also ordered that Guay refrain from working in hospitals, nursing homes and other care-giving businesses. "You can't work in health care at all," White said. (FOX61, CT)
93-year-old debut novelist gives home to friends Aug 11, 2008
A raunchy novel with a dauntless heroine has transformed the lives of a 93-year-old author and three of her friends who were living in nursing homes. Pushed by her daughter-in-law, who found the manuscript and couldn't put it down, Lorna Page has become one of the oldest debut writers on record, with equally unusual social results. (guardian.co.uk)
VA should allow voter drives Aug 11, 2008
There is no reasonable explanation for the Department of Veterans Affairs' national ban on nonpartisan voter registration drives and voter education at its hospitals, nursing homes and homeless shelters. The ban was imposed in May in what may be a last gasp of political partisanship by a Republican administration worried that any effort to increase the number of voters might help Democrats in November's election; or it may be the result of overly cautious bureaucrats who have ended up blocking... (New Haven Register, CT)
Hospital scrubs down to curb bacteria outbreak Aug 11, 2008
Elderly people are particularly vulnerable and outbreaks are common in hospitals and nursing homes. C. difficile bacteria are found in feces, and infection spreads when people touch contaminated surfaces and then their mouths or noses. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Elderly, disabled feel state budget pinch Aug 11, 2008
Don Blosser is a volunteer ombudsman who travels to nursing homes in the Fresno area to make sure the elderly are being taken care of properly ... Don Blosser said he no longer is being reimbursed for the miles he travels to nursing homes as a volunteer ombudsman. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Proposed assisted living rules assailed by both sides Aug 11, 2008
The advantage for operators: "Assisted living" is a modern marketing term in the long-term care industry describing facilities that are more homey and less medical than nursing homes ... They would have more ability to "age in place," a popular term for countering the dread that many adults feel at spending their final years in nursing homes ... The government does far less at present to pay for costs of personal home care than for nursing homes. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
RSA chief David Bronner is willing to sell sewer back to Jefferson County for same price it would pay Aug 11, 2008
Bronner, whose $32 billion pension fund has invested in everything from golf courses to nursing homes, has proposed RSA buying the debt-strapped sewer system for $1. 1 billion to $1. (AL.com)
Classifieds 8/9/08 Aug 10, 2008
We have immediate openings for all three shifts in doctor's offices, nursing homes and hospitals. We offer daily and weekly pay, visa cash, direct deposit, mileage/travel pay and paid days off. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
A resolution to cut out trans fats for new year Aug 10, 2008
Besides restaurants, the ban applies to food prepared at correctional facilities, for which the county Health Department issues a food service permit, but not for nursing homes and hospitals, which fall under the state Office of Health Services Management. The goal is to "change people's conduct," just as through the years government moved to ban smoking in restaurants and other public buildings, require seat belt use and toughen laws governing drunken driving, County Executive Mike Breslin... (Albany Times Union)
Let the dreams begin Aug 9, 2008
She visited nursing homes and hospitals, doing her best to bring some cheer to children in those places. Once, when Barnum y held a clown convention in her home town of Lexington, Ky. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Bonna Bergman Aug 9, 2008
Bonna worked on the farm with her husband in the town of Ludington and later worked at the Beaver Creek Reserve, various nursing homes and at the Augusta schools. She later enjoyed gardening and bird watching. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Door Says Election Went Well, Despite Weather Aug 9, 2008
"They should have their hands slapped. Door added that her office does all it can to make voting possible, including absentee ballots and visiting nursing homes. She added that employers are required by law to allow employees time off work to vote. "Everybody can come up with some excuse not to vote," Door said. ?Washington Missouri 2008 Submit your comment now Comment Title: Submit your comments on the article in the space below: Your Name: Your City & State: Your Email Address: (required) In... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Albany County details trans fat ban Aug 9, 2008
Besides restaurants and food vendors, the ban applies to food prepared at correctional facilities in the county, for which the county Health Department issues a food service permit, but not for nursing homes and hospitals which fall under the state Office of Health Services Management. Violators would be subject to a hearing and could face fines up to a $1,000 maximum. (Albany Times Union)
Gov.'s funding method fought Aug 9, 2008
He said he thought his new plan would be "extremely popular compared to the alternative." According to health-care providers, his previous proposal would have caused some hospitals and nursing homes to close, forced layoffs of health-care workers and prompted doctors to stop seeing patients. To comment on this story, call Natalie Chandler at (601) 961-7075. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Geisinger piloting innovative laboratory specimen processing instrument Aug 9, 2008
Bourbeau said the WASP is a welcome addition to Geisinger's microbiology lab, which performs more than 400,000 tests a year for three Geisinger hospitals, 40 Geisinger community practice sites and non-affiliated hospitals, prisons, nursing homes, and physicians' offices. "In addition to our clinical work for Geisinger, we also conduct specialty microbiology testing for regional clients," Dr. Bourbeau explained. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
PharMerica 2Q net income up Aug 9, 2008
Its customers typically are institutional health care providers such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals and other long-term care facilities. Reader Comments. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Injuries hurt region's workforce Aug 8, 2008
"We have been getting more and more requests from nursing homes and assisted-living facilities," Schaefer said. While WorkSafe is free, companies that lose workers due to injuries lose big. (The News-Herald)
VA, state reach deal on voter sign-ups Aug 8, 2008
The Department of Veterans Affairs in May banned the registration drives for the veterans living at federally run nursing homes, shelters and rehab centers, which affected the 100,000 people who stay for at least a month at VA facilities. Prior to this, the drives were up to VA managers. (New Haven Register, CT)
State Probate Court System Administrator Appointed Aug 8, 2008
Recently, there have been disclosures about questionable decisions by probate courts that essentially imprisoned elderly residents in nursing homes. The system's sharpest critics believe it is ineffective and should merge with the state Superior Court system a change Knierim is unlikely to endorse. (FOX61, CT)
Inconvenient cost meets continental concern Aug 7, 2008
"It's not just nursing homes buying the products for old people," he said. In 2001, a study showed that women outside nursing homes spent $710 million on incontinence products, Dr Lim said. (The Age)
