Vermont nursing home director faces state hearing (The Burlington Free Press)
LUDLOW -- Vermont state officials scheduled an emergency hearing on allegations that a nursing home director interfered with medical care, failed to keep records or adequate supplies on hand and attempted to intimidate her staff.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:28 GMT
Nursing Home Reform (WIFR Rockford)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- State lawmakers and advocates for the elderly are proposing legislation aimed at reforming the way nursing homes operate in Illinois. Meanwhile, a nursing home trade group criticizes the plan, saying it goes "way beyond" issues of safety and could hurt patient care.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:28:47 GMT
Nursing home reform advocates rally for new legislation (WAND TV 17 Decatur)
Springfield, IL - Many Illinois nursing homes are being called unsafe and unfit. So now legislation is being introduced so there's more regulation. Tuesday in Springfield, the AARP, nursing home advocates,
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:46:16 GMT
Uptown nursing home to close (Chicago Tribune)
State authorities say they plan to shut down Uptown's troubled Somerset Place facility, one of the state's largest nursing home.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:47:48 GMT
Uptown Nursing Home Resident Missing (CBS 2 Chicago)
Police are searching for a missing 37-year-old woman who left an Uptown nursing home last month and was last seen at a Minneapolis hospital.
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:05:40 GMT
Nursing home drug use puts many at risk (Boston Globe)
Nearly 2,500 nursing home residents in Massachusetts were given powerful antipsychotic drugs last year that were not intended or recommended for their medical condition, a practice that is more common here than in most other states, according to a Globe analysis of federal data.
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:53:16 GMT
The VA Maryland Health Care System Offers Tips for Senior Citizens and Older Adults to Spring into Shape (PRWeb)
Spring is in the air, and it's time to shake off winter doldrums, lace up the running shoes and get moving. While many older people tend to slow down in winter, experts at the VA Maryland Health Care System's Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) say that keeping active all year is the key to good health, particulary for senior citizens. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010) Read the full ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:14:13 GMT
The VA Maryland Health Care System Offers Tips for Senior Citizens and Older Adults to Spring into Shape (PRWeb)
Spring is in the air, and it's time to shake off winter doldrums, lace up the running shoes and get moving. While many older people tend to slow down in winter, experts at the VA Maryland Health Care System's Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) say that keeping active all year is the key to good health, particulary for senior citizens. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010) Read the full ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:14:13 GMT
The VA Maryland Health Care System Offers Tips for Senior Citizens and Older Adults to Spring into Shape (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Spring is in the air, and it's time to shake off winter doldrums, lace up the running shoes and get moving. While many older people tend to slow down in winter, experts at the VA Maryland Health Care System's Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) say that keeping active all year is the key to good health, particulary for senior citizens.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT
The VA Maryland Health Care System Offers Tips for Senior Citizens and Older Adults to Spring into Shape (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Spring is in the air, and it's time to shake off winter doldrums, lace up the running shoes and get moving. While many older people tend to slow down in winter, experts at the VA Maryland Health Care System's Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) say that keeping active all year is the key to good health, particulary for senior citizens.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Christian Companion Senior Care Named to 2010 Hot 100 List (redOrbit)
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Oklahoma City-based Christian Companion Senior Care, the nation's first senior care franchise to combine practical and spiritual assistance, has been named to the 2010 Hot 100 Franchise List by the RedHotFranchises.com board of directors. Christian Companion Senior Care secured its No.
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:14:02 GMT
Christian Companion Senior Care Named to 2010 Hot 100 List (redOrbit)
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Oklahoma City-based Christian Companion Senior Care, the nation's first senior care franchise to combine practical and spiritual assistance, has been named to the 2010 Hot 100 Franchise List by the RedHotFranchises.com board of directors. Christian Companion Senior Care secured its No.
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:14:02 GMT
Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:43:14 GMT
Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:43:14 GMT
Pressure, protests grow over health care bill (Denver Post)
Thousands of liberal public-option backers and conservative Tea Partyers launched last- chance campaigns Tuesday in the nation's capital to persuade Congress to pass — or reject — sweeping health care legislation.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:42 GMT
Pressure, protests grow over health care bill (Denver Post)
Thousands of liberal public-option backers and conservative Tea Partyers launched last- chance campaigns Tuesday in the nation's capital to persuade Congress to pass — or reject — sweeping health care legislation.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:42 GMT
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