Drugs at nursing homes could pose risks (FOX 25 Boston)
BOSTON - Federal officials say nearly 2,500 Massachusetts nursing home residents were given powerful antipsychotic drugs last year that were not intended or recommended for their medical condition.
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:52:38 GMT
Report: Many Indiana nursing homes understaffed (Chronicle-Tribune)
The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Many of Indiana’s nursing homes employ fewer critical staff members than are needed to care for often-frail residents — and staffing levels are particularly low at the state’s for-profit nursing homes, a newspaper has found.
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:12:31 GMT
Long term care facilities receive increased scrutiny (News-Medical-Net)
The New York Times: "The Senate Finance Committee has opened an investigation into patient deaths and allegations of substandard treatment at long-term care hospitals, small specialty medical centers that treat chronically ill patients. The investigation focuses on the Select Medical Corporation, a for-profit corporation that runs 89 long-term care hospitals, more than any other company."
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:07:53 GMT
How To Deliver The Perfect Oscar Speech: A Rhetorical Guide (Defamer)
There will be blubbering and blathering and blabbering at the Oscar podium tonight. Then, after 45 seconds, the music shall swell and, like nursing home attendants, elegant women will lead the winners to their backstage pasture. (more…)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:32:54 GMT
Social Security: March Marches On: Social Security Reminders (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
Time goes by so quickly, it can be easy to forget important deadlines and even easier to let critical items fall to the nether regions of your to-do list. Whether you get to everything or not, time marches on — so we’d like to share some March reminders with you.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:28:46 GMT
Walter Becker retires as director of Northern Tier Career Center (The Daily & Sunday Review)
NORTH TOWANDA TOWNSHIP - Walter Becker is retiring from his position as the director of the Northern Tier Career Center, a job he has had since the early 1990s."I think he was really good for the students," said retired Canton Area School District Supe
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:49:19 GMT
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
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 (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
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 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
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
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
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