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Suffolk balks, for now, at nursing-home report's release
Spin CycleWhile Suffolk Executive Steve Levy makes clear his intent to sell the county???s John J. Foley nursing home, his health department just received a consultant???s study on how to make the facility ???more efficient and cost-effective.??? The study from...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Medical Services, Homes, Health, Social Issues
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Nursing home food goes all Bobby Flay
Dining@LargeNursing home food sounds like something bland, maybe even pureed, so Grandma can dig in without dentures.But apparently things have changed. We have entered the era of nursing home cuisine.That's according to Genesis HealthCare, an East Coast nursing home...Tags: Education, Food Network (tv network), Colleges and Universities, Maryland, Social Issues
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A Ghostly Mountaintop With A View
The Hartford CourantEach year, I make my annual trek to Meriden Square or the nearby Target in the Silver City. And each year, usually while mumbling about waiting until the last minute, I stare up at the Hanging Hills of Meriden and Berlin and let out a great big sigh....Tags: Meriden, Manchester, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Long Island Sound, Tuberculosis
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Problem Solver: Son loses patience waiting for mom's medical records
Adam Jacobs doesn't know all the details about the events that led to his mother's death Sept. 10, but he'd sure like to find out. So, shortly after Charmaine Jacobs passed away from sepsis, the younger Jacobs began searching for answers. The 63-year-...
Tags: Nursing, Jon Yates, Nursing Homes, Medical Specialization, Sepsis
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In Florida, insurance is a game we can't win
To get a sense of how much Floridians pay insurance companies every year, consider this: The state's upcoming annual budget is $74.3 billion. Insurance coverage costs us more: roughly $112 billion and rising, according to state figures. That includes...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Insurance, Nursing Homes, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Bill Nelson
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When the private sector needs a nudge from the public
It's a common mantra among free-market-loving conservatives that government regulations hinder business growth and cost workers jobs. That may be true for some regulations, and it never hurts to go back and rethink old rules. But it's also clear...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Kamala D. Harris, Insurance, Consumers, Drugs and Medicines
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A novel about people in a nursing home
"Life After Life" by Jill McCorkle, a Shannon Ravenel Book, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 352 pages, $24.95. Joanna sits with people in the hospice wing of the Pine Haven nursing home in Fulton, N.C. There is Sadie Randolph, a retired teacher; Marge...Tags: Nursing, South Africa, Medical Specialization, Agriculture
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Hartford's Rohan Brown Enjoying Run With La Salle In Sweet 16
The Hartford CourantThe farther the La Salle basketball team has gotten from Philadelphia the louder and livelier the celebrations have gotten on the other end of cellphones, Instagrams and the rest that 21st century social media have to offer. That goes for Rohan Brown,...Tags: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Atlantic 10 Conference, Basketball, Dayton Flyers, Michael Brooks
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Foraging for taste of the city
Foraging, I said to the couple across from me. It's kind of the thing here. Blank stares. Foraging, it's kind of the thing that the chef, Iliana Regan, that young soft-spoken woman in kitchen whites with her arms covered in tattoos who just served...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Entertainment Events, Services and Shopping, Nellcote, Apples
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Murder-suicide prevails over power structure denial of dignity
Savor the victory. The power structure conspired to perpetuate hell for Mildred and Elwood "Woody" Osman of Cherryville, but they prevailed. After 64 years of marriage, Woody took a .38-caliber revolver to the hospice room at Lehigh Valley Hospital in...
Tags: Cherryville, Allentown, Euthanasia, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Jack Kevorkian
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Home care aides not getting paid
Many people in Pauline Konrath's situation live in a nursing home. At 85, she has dementia and Parkinson's disease and uses a wheelchair. But she doesn't live in a nursing home because her son, Joe, moved her in with his family. It's not an easy...Tags: Allentown, Parkinson's Disease, Eugene DePasquale, Social Services, Medicaid
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California and CPR liability reality
There is no way to gloss over this: Prolonged procrastination could have cost somebody his or her life. In just one hour at a church in South Whitehall Township, 38 people, mostly members of the Lehigh Wheelmen cycling club, learned how to keep a...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, South Whitehall Township, Disasters and Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Heart Attack
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