Suspect sought in weekend nursing home threat ...Chillicothe Gazette: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 07:42 AMMcARTHUR - The Vinton County Sheriff's Office is searching for an unknown man who entered the Twin Maples Nursing Home on Ohio 93 north of McArthur Saturday and threatened staff members on duty.
Nursing aide charged in rape at Pittsfield home ...Berkshire Eagle: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 07:30 AMPITTSFIELD ? The administrator of a Pittsfield skilled-nursing home said he was "shocked" by the arrest of an employee accused of raping a resident of the home on Independence Day.
Nursing home red tape ...Belleville Intelligencer: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 06:17 AMIt is little wonder families get frustrated when attempting to move an elderly relative to a nursing home from a hospital. A new study into the move done with former patients at Trenton hospital found the process involved 160 steps, including 69 handling steps, 36 forms to complete, [...]
Slow fix at nursing homes ...Toronto Star: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 04:39 AMElderly residents of a fast-growing private nursing home chain lived with substandard care and dirty conditions for years while health ministry inspectors hit the homes with hundreds of violations, according to government documents.
Albany Tech unveils revamped nursing lab ...The Albany Herald: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 04:15 AMn Albany Technical College?s first day of classes were Tuesday. JOSHUA BROWN joshua.brown@ .at. albanyherald.com ALBANY ? Albany Technical College nursing students will be able to study in the college?s newly renovated nursing lab for the summer quarter after school officials held a ribbon cutting to open the lab Tuesday, the first day of summer classes.
Residents evacuated from Paradise nursing home ...Chico Enterprise-Record: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 03:10 AMPARADISE ? Because of the threatening Camp Fire, 94 residents of Cypress Acres, a Paradise nursing home, were evacuated and moved to facilities in the valley Tuesday.
Seminars on nursing home planning set ...Ventura County Star: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 03:03 AMFree seminars on Medi-Cal nursing home planning will be held Thursday and Saturday at the Courtyard by Marriott.
Pa. wants broader nursing home services ...Lebanon Daily News: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 12:23 AMHARRISBURG, Pa.?The state government wants to give a helping hand to nursing homes as they work to revamp their image as final destinations for the frail elderly.
Westwood Nursing Home residents participate in art classes ...Statesboro Herald: 0 views since Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 11:45 PMRetired Bulloch County Schools art teacher Nina Giles works with Tara McCullough Westwood Nursing Center residents during a weekly art class Monday. According to Activity Director Linda McQueen, the art classes are part of the center's patient based care program that emphasizes patient choice.
Too many steps to admit seniors to nursing homes: report ...Belleville Intelligencer: 0 views since Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 06:11 PMIt is little wonder families get frustrated when attempting to move an elderly relative to a nursing home from a hospital. A new study into the move done with former patients at Trenton hospital found the process involved 160 steps, including 69 handling steps, 36 forms to complete, four [...]
Hospital like lab to benefit nursing students ...WALB Albany: 0 views since Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 04:20 PMALBANY, GA (WALB) - Albany Tech nursing students can now learn in a hospital-like environment. A practical nursing lab opened on the campus Tuesday. The lab has four regular patient rooms, a birthing bed and an intensive care room.
'Have to do better,' McGuinty says of nursing homes ...Toronto Star: 0 views since Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 03:55 PMOntario has to do a "better job" when it comes to caring for its elderly parents and grandparents, Premier Dalton McGuinty said today in the face of calls to improve the ``disgraceful" conditions found in the province's nursing homes.