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Audit on PA Nursing Homes/PA Dept. of Health

WEBA 91-page audit was recently released by Auditor General Eugene DePasquale regarding the need for Pennsylvania’s Department of Health to buckle …

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Reductions of Nursing Home Bed Rails and Other Restraints

WEBOver the last few decades there has been a movement to reduce bed rails and other variations of restraints that are used on nursing home residents. This — …

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Pennsylvania Fining Nursing Homes at Higher Rate

WEBThe Pennsylvania Department of Health has levied $816,000 in fines against nursing home providers already in the first half of 2017. That is more than double the …

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New Care Model Allows Elderly to Stay at Home

WEBClosing nursing home facilities due to rising health costs and diminishing Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements have forced an emergence of a new model of …

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New Jersey Nursing Home Cited by OSHA for Serious Violations

WEBCarneys Point Care Center in Carneys Point Township, NJ, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration — …

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Pennsylvania is Expanding Medicaid Coverage to Reduce Number …

WEBPennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's administration is putting out a new Medicaid feature that's aimed to decrease the number of enrollees in nursing homes in …

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Pittsburgh-Based Grane Healthcare Still on Schedule to Purchase …

WEBAn article on the AltoonaMirror.com reported that Grane Healthcare of Pittsburgh is aiming to close the sale of Laurel Crest Rehabilitation & Special Care …

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No New Patients for Saint Catherine Medical Center According to …

WEBOn the heels of last week’s news regarding financial problems at Saint Catherine’s Medical Center, the Fountain Springs hospital was dealt another blow this …

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Pennsylvania Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog

WEBAccording to new study published in the February American Journal of Infection Control, researchers found that implementing simple hand-washing protocols in …

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County-Run Nursing Homes in Pennsylvania Struggle to Stay Afloat

WEBIt’s become a necessary but unwanted trend across the state: counties that still own nursing homes are deciding to cut back on service or find new sources of …

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PA’s Weatherwood Nursing Home To Be Sold to Guardian Health …

WEBAccording to an article on the StandardSpeaker.com, Carbon County, PA commissioners announced that they have signed a letter of intent to sell the county …

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New Regulations Will Require Nursing Homes to be More …

WEBA 9 th nursing home patient has died as a result of power outages caused by Hurricane Irma in Florida. The power outages caused the air conditioning to stop …

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Pennsylvania Sees Growing Trend in Selling County-Run Nursing …

WEBIn January, we blogged that Carbon County's board of commissioners was putting the county-owned Weatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center up for sale. …

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PennLive Nursing Home Investigation

WEB"When our state's seniors and families make the decision to enter a nursing home, they are placing a life in those homes administrators' hands," said Casey in a …

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Home Care Is More Affordable Than You Think

WEBAccording to an article on SeniorHousingNews.com, there is a misconception that home health care for seniors is more expensive than nursing home care. The — …

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New Study Shows Quality of Sleep Can Affect Placement in …

WEBAccording to an article in the Health News section of USNews.com, a new study shows that getting quality sleep might help older people stay out of nursing — July …

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Another Pennsylvania County-Run Nursing Home Moves into …

WEBThe Times-Tribune.com reported that according to county commissioners, there are no obstacles to closing the sale of the Lackawanna County Health Care — …

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Aging Population Increases Need for Assisted-Living Facilities in

WEBWith the population of adults over 65 expected to nearly double by 2030, more assisted-living facilities are cropping up across the country. This subject was …

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Nursing Home Resident Dies after Spending 8 Hours in Freezing

WEBAccording to a report by the Associated Press, an investigation into the death of a 76 year old woman at an Ohio nursing home revealed she spent roughly 8 hours …

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