No timeline has been set for finalizing or implementing a major replacement payment system for therapy patients, a federal official revealed on a national conference call in early March. The Centers for...
CNA faces up to 4-year sentence for spending $5k on resident’s credit cards
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May 19, 2016
A former certified nursing assistant at a New York nursing home pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing a resident’s credit cards and going on a $5,000 shopping spree.
Aldersgate set to expand
Sep 09, 2015
Aldersgate, originally known as The Methodist Home, is receiving a $70 million investment.
Vitamin D can delay the onset of macular degeneration, study finds
Apr 14, 2011
Women might be able to prevent macular degeneration by consuming a diet with high levels of Vitamin D, new research says.
Caregivers provide $375 billion in free services during 2007
Nov 26, 2008
The estimated market value of unpaid care to family and friends last year was $375 billion, according to AARP.
Supreme Court declines to hear Kindred arbitration case for the second time
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 11, 2018
A dispute between over a Kindred arbitration case has likely come to the end of the road, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review the case for a second round.
Investigation launched after nursing home resident found dead in trash bin
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Jan 25, 2016
Authorities are investigating the death of a Michigan nursing home resident found dead in a garbage bin behind the facility last week.
Taking the full measure
Sep 16, 2008
It’s no secret that the credit and housing markets have been in a funk lately. Just this week, massive investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. That was right before Bank of America...
CDC recommends antiviral drugs as alternative to flu vaccines
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Haymarket Media
Oct 22, 2004
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has approved three antiviral drugs as a means of “preventing” the flu. Although not to be taken as substitutes for the flu vaccine during...
A ‘special’ feeling that no provider wants to have
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James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2014
As spring blends into summer, some nursing home operators are going to start feeling more heat. The federal government is moving to reclaim some form of “normalcy” after sequestration cuts...