... YORK (AP) -- Costs for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and some in-home care services have increased for a fifth consecutive year, and could rise ...
Nursing home inspectors routinely overlook or minimize problems that pose a serious, immediate threat to patients, Congressional investigators say.
... , such incidents are not surprising," he said. "Because of the nature of nursing home life, it is impossible to eliminate these abusive ... solutions available to them and typical interventions in the nursing home may have negative consequences for aggressive residents ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has five-star rankings for restaurants and hotels. So why not five-star rankings for nursing homes?...
... Association suggests that many are not prepared for such a task. Of the more than 400 nursing homes in the study, just 23 percent ... . Planning for staff shortages is also critical." Half of the nursing homes in the study had stockpiled some commonly used supplies ...
... which has a traditional cultural reticence about placing parents into a nursing home, as such action is considered contrary to filial ... not think it is unfilial to put their parents in a nursing home – they feel they are caring by paying the fees and visiting ...
... in the facilities between January 2005 and January 2008, joined the lawsuit. The operator of 18 skilled nursing homes across Southern California will pay ...
... officials in the Edmonton region have been visiting hospitals and nursing homes this week to check for stocks of recalled deli-style meats which have been linked to an outbreak of listeria ...
... , such conclusions may be premature. Private equity purchases of nursing homes—many of which result in administrative and corporate restructuring ... a substantial drop in the quality of care delivered in these nursing homes overall," says Stevenson. The researchers caution ...
... Brunswick Health Department's decision not to notify nursing home residents in the province that they may have eaten food ...
Most nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, a report said.
Seniors' advocates are calling for mandatory licensing of all businesses acting as nursing homes in light of allegations of elder abuse at a Dartmouth facility
A decision to retract an offer to test residents for listeriosis at a Toronto-area nursing home is being questioned by family members.
Bed rails are supposed to protect nursing-home patients from a fall, but a CBC I-Team ... up dozens of incidents involving bed rails at Winnipeg homes - most resulting in injury, but some linked to deaths ...
A follow up to a study that found half of nursing home residents were malnutritioned has revealed nutritional health can be maintained with nurse intervention.
