Here’s what I’ve decided. Canada is the long-term care employee of the world.
Lost in a nursing home elevator — and lived to not talk about it
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 20, 2013
Here’s one that slipped through the cracks, and I’m beating myself up about it. How did I miss the McKnight’s story about Rosalie, the 87-year-old nursing home resident who was trapped...
Facility procedures tightened after resident returning went undiscovered in elevator for more than a...
Jan 04, 2013
Officials continued investigations into how an 87-year-old resident of a government-run Mississauga, Ontario, nursing home was unaccounted for and trapped in the elevator for more than 24 hours during...
U.S. healthcare system lags behind other industrial countries for quality, access and efficiency
Jun 24, 2010
The U.S. may have won the first round of the World Cup, but it has come up short in another international contest—Best Healthcare System, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.