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EDITORIAL: Dementia exacts huge toll
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.It's an insidious disease. It hollows out its victims from the inside out, moving with agonizing slowness as it erodes bit by bit the desire to live. Dementia exacts its toll not only on victims, but on family and caregivers who are painfully aware as...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Heart Disease
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County now seeking bids on Friendship Ridge
Beaver County Times, Pa.Bidders on the up-for-sale Friendship Ridge nursing home must offer at least $25 million and agree to keep it a skilled nursing facility for 10 years, according to a request-for-proposals released by commissioners Thursday. "It's not based on what the...Tags: Long Term Care, Real Estate Sellers, Human Interest, Nursing, Medical Specialization
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Social service advocates make case for funding
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterSenate budget writers heard impassioned pleas to keep the state's social safety net intact as they held a public hearing Thursday on the state budget recently passed by the House of Representatives. Testimony in support of health and human service...Tags: Americans for Prosperity, Consumers, Insurance, Health Insurance, Medical Specialization
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EDITORIAL: Thank you for help in all areas of our lives
Victoria Advocate, TexasNurses and teachers each have important roles in our society. Nurses help us with our physical needs while teachers show us how to expand our minds. So it makes sense that National Nurses Week and Teacher Appreciation Week fall during the same time...Tags: Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals, Teaching and Learning, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Medical Specialization
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Judge grants Bristol Nursing Home temporary restraining order
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.A Sullivan County Chancery Court judge has granted Bristol Nursing Home a temporary restraining order that keeps patients in place and restores Medicaid payments to the facility for a 15-day period, according to a report from the home's parent company....Tags: Assault, Medical Specialization, Health Insurance, Long Term Care, Nursing
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EDITORIAL: Twilight savings: Retirement in America requires better preparation
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThe dream of a comfortable retirement is slipping away from millions of middle-class Americans. Company pensions are a thing of the past, and the recession has decimated the nest eggs -- primarily 401(k) plans and family homes -- of many baby boomers. A...Tags: Long Term Care, 401K, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Newport News doctor spreads Team Care model
As a family physician in Newport News, Peter Anderson developed a team care approach in order to handle more patients while providing better, more focused care. His success led him into the consulting business. His Team Care Medicine company has now...
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, MRI (imaging), Breast Cancer, U.S. Army, University of Virginia
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Former Pa. Gov. George Leader dies
Former Pennsylvania Gov. George Michael Leader died Thursday, having created a legacy of humanitarianism, progressive statesmanship and entrepreneurial advancement over a long life that started on a York Township chicken farm. The 95-year-old Leader had...Tags: Politics, Nursing, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Elections, Executive Branch
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Sons to mark 1 year since their mother disappeared
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThe three sons of Loida Wideman, who vanished on Mother's Day 2012, want to do something for their mom on the anniversary of her disappearance: May 13. Her sister Mary Grace De Guzman will decorate Wideman's 2003 gold Saturn Ion, then she and her...Tags: Punishment, Nursing, Mother's Day, Gabon, Abusive Behavior
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Retirement communities, students train residents in technology
Ann Galezio wants an iPad. At first she didn't know why — she just likes the way they look and everyone seems to have one. But the more she's been thinking about it Galezio envisions doing crossword puzzles while walking on the treadmill or...
Tags: Holidays, Crosswords, Game Playing, Apple iPad, Skype
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Fund set up for victims' families, survivors of Bay Area limo fire
OAKLAND —The Oakland nursing home where all but one of the victims of a horrific Bay Area limousine fire had worked Thursday announced the creation of a fund to support the four survivors and the families of the five women who perished....
Tags: Nursing, Human Interest, Bank of America Corp., Medical Specialization
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Power of attorney urged for selling parent's home
Q: My mother had to be moved to a nursing home from her "independent living" house. This is a very small retirement community and is connected to an assisted-living facility. People who live in the independent homes can move into assisted living easily...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Health Insurance, Economy, Business and Finance, Long Term Care, Nursing
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