State health officials have lowered the level of deficiency found at a Springfield nursing home and that should result in the home continuing to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments. The state’s Department of Health and Senior Services notified the Primrose Health Care Center Feb. 21 that it has lowered the classification of the deficiency from “immediate jeopardy,” basically rescinding an …
Nursing Home Restrictions (WENY-TV)
ELMIRA–If you have friends and family at the Chemung County Nursing Facility, you won’t be able to visit for at least five days. The Director announced a visitor restriction after two confirmed cases of the flu were reported.
MCC nursing students score high on test (The Muskegon Chronicle)
MUSKEGON — Nursing students from Muskegon Community College are outpacing the rest of the nation when it comes to passing their nursing license tests.
Landlord Of Westroads Shooter Talks Of Arrest
Maruca-Kovac said she had to resign from her nursing job after the arrest. Health and Human Services did suspend her license and put her on probation for abusing a narcotic while she was a nurse 15 years ago. Maruca-Kovac said she paid the …
Marie Cowan, dean who restored UCLA’s nursing school, dies at 69 (Seattle Times)
Marie Cowan, the dean of the UCLA School of Nursing who was credited with restoring its reputation as one of the top 10 in the nation, has died. She was 69.
Dispute over ceremonial knife leads to suit against nursing home (The Sacramento Bee)
The Citrus Heights facility of ManorCare Health Services, one of the nation’s largest skilled nursing home chains, has been sued in Sacramento federal court by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which alleges that the company failed to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of a Sikh woman employed at the facility.
Canoga Park Nursing Aide Wanted For Allegedly Assaulting Patients (NBC 4 Los Angeles)
A former certified nursing assistant from Canoga Park is wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting sedated female patients after surgery, and police on Friday asked for the public’s help in locating him.
Antibiotics overused in dementia patients
In the study, more than 200 people with advanced dementia from Boston-area nursing homes were followed for 18 months or until their deaths. Almost half died during that time. All the patients failed to recognize loved ones, had stopped speaking, were …
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