Long-term care providers in the market for new resident beds now have access to cutting-edge options that many may have, ironically, only dreamed of in the past.
Long-term care staffing company files bankruptcy
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Haymarket Media
Feb 04, 2004
A staffing company that serves nursing homes and home health agencies, Intrepid U.S.A., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Alzheimer’s resident dies after wandering from facility without ankle sensor
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Haymarket Media
Feb 03, 2004
When Charles Klaer wandered from Willow Manor Retirement Living and Memory Support Center in Dania Beach, FL, in early January, officials called his wife to say they wanted him to wear an electronic strap...
NCCNHR appoints Hedt as executive director
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Haymarket Media
Feb 02, 2004
Alice H. Hedt has been named the executive director of the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. Hedt led the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center at NCCNHR since 1998....
Fire kills three in Tennessee retirement home
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Haymarket Media
Jan 22, 2004
A fire killed three residents and injured 12 people at a Maryville, TN retirement home Tuesday night. Privately-owned Home Away from Home Inc. housed 15 residents in a converted one-floor house devoid...
Broad gaps in data handling
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Julie Williamson
Jan 15, 2004
When it comes to the adoption of information management systems in long-term care, it appears there’s reason for both optimism and frustration.