The Charlotte News & Observer had a great article on how the culture of nursing homes are changing. Hopefully, for the better. This culture change is long over due and is desperately needed in most nursing homes. Instead of a hospital-style nurses’ station, staff members talk with residents in an area that looks like a
Newstranscript.com had a recent article about an application filed by the Village for Health Care and Rehabilitation of Workman’s Circle for a new and different type of long term care facility. Plans call for the construction of a twostory skilled care nursing facility containing 152 beds for long-term care and sub-acute care (short-term rehabilitation) on
The Dallas News had an article about the new “Green” nursing homes that have been built. The article explains how these new homes have changed the resident’s attitudes about being placed in a nursing home. Residents and family members report other “miracles” at Holly House and its sister nursing home, Hawthorne House, which Dallas-based Buckner
House subcommittee passes nursing home arbitration bill The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial Law and Administrative Law Tuesday approved the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, which would outlaw signing an arbitration agreement as a prerequisite to admission in a nursing home. Republicans on the subcommittee voted against the measure but came up short in
The nursing home staff found him in a pool of his own blood two years ago. Clifford Ozen has suffered from seizures and decreased mobility sinc ethat fall. The Senior Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Port Arthur allowed Mr. Ozen to fall from his bed. His wife, Sharon Ozen, filed suit against the healthcare
Any family that’s been afflicted by having a member stricken by Alzheimer’s disease knows how immensely difficult and trying it can be. Many times it’s so hard because the person with Alzheimer’s disease is in perfect physical health. This makes the family so much more hesitant to put the relative in a nursing home because
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