The SugarCube has announced an Indiegogo campaign to help bring its Bluetooth glucose testing kit and app to the market.
Blaze kills 30 people in Russian nursing home
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Haymarket Media
Nov 06, 2007
A fire killed at least 30 people, most or all of them elderly, at a nursing home in Russia this week. It is the third major nursing home fire in the country this year.
Analysis: Facility deficiencies slip, but resident abuse holds steady
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Haymarket Media
Dec 07, 2005
Nursing home deficiencies causing harm to residents declined from 7% to 6.5% from 2003 to 2004, but patient abuse remained stable at 17% of complaints registered, according to an analysis of the HealthGrades’...
Regulatory loophole allows pharmacy companies to resell drugs returned by nursing homes, whistleblowers...
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Haymarket Media
Sep 22, 2004
Whistleblower lawsuits complain that a regulatory loophole allows some pharmacy companies to resell drugs returned by nursing homes and hospitals, and thus billing the government twice. Many of these medications...
Let public have say on sex in SNFs, researchers say
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Oct 07, 2016
Current policies on how intimate relationships should be handled in nursing home settings have “failed” residents and the public alike, according to research published Wednesday.
How to do it… Financing
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Haymarket Media
May 09, 2007
Cheerful stories about financing have been the norm recently for stakeholders in the long-term care field. But it hasn’t always been that way – and it’s all but certain that this rosy outlook...
Walking neighborhoods may fend off depression, study says
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Haymarket Media
May 09, 2007
Older men who can walk in their neighborhood have a lower risk of depression than those in less pedestrian-friendly areas, a new study finds.
LTC makes the Top 10, and figures to stay there
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James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2018
Recently, we were all inundated with lists of things to look for in 2018, not to mention “best of” 2017 compilations.
Inaugural AADNS conference kicks off Wednesday
Sep 22, 2016
The American Association of Directors of Nursing Services will hold its first national conference Wednesday through next Friday in Baltimore.
MassDevelopment issues $8.5 million tax-exempt bond for Roxbury Crossing
Jan 22, 2014
MassDevelopment has issued an $8.5 million tax-exempt bond for Roxbury Crossing Senior Building Limited Partnership, an affordable senior housing project sponsored by Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing...