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Developer and philanthropist John Q. Hammons dies at age 94
news@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — John Q. Hammons, a prominent hotel developer and southwest Missouri philanthropist who rose from a poor Depression-era childhood to build a national real estate empire, has died. He was 94. Hammons, who actively led his...Tags: Nursing, National Collegiate Athletic Association, St. Louis Cardinals, Basketball, College Basketball
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High Court Reduces Payments To Victims of Fatal Hartford Nursing Home Fire
The Hartford CourantThe state Supreme Court Monday agreed with a subsidiary of insurance giant AIG and sharply limited the pool of money available to victims of a fire that killed 16 patients a decade ago at Greenwood Health Center, a former Hartford nursing home. Chief...Tags: American International Group, Nursing Homes, Medical Specialization, Abusive Behavior, Insurance
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Regulators and consumer advocates focus on senior identity theft
Older consumers are no more vulnerable to identity theft than others, but they do tend to be victims of the types of ID theft that are on the rise — cases involving tax returns and medical care. For that reason, the Federal Trade Commission held a...
Tags: Interior Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Annapolis, Ellicott City, Government Health Care
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Patients, employees evacuated from Reeders Memorial Home
julieg@herald-mail.comApproximately 15 to 20 patients and employees were evacuated from a section of Reeders Memorial Home on Sunday morning after an electrical short in a light fixture set off the sprinkler system, Boonsboro Fire Capt. Tommy Arnold said. No one was injured,...Tags: Medical Specialization, Nursing, Middletown
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Residents, staff say goodbye at Hosmer nursing home
It has been a reoccurring sad scene the past month at the Hosmer Senior Citizens Home: residents leaving for other nursing homes since it was announced that the home would close July 15. "We give them flowers and a balloon, and there have been a lot of...
Tags: Nursing Homes, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals
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Bill seeks to give Holocaust survivors priority for in-home care, services
More than a thousand South Florida seniors are waiting for in-home services, like home-delivered meals and personal care aides, that are financed through the federal Older Americans Act. But Holocaust survivors could get priority when slots become open in...
Tags: Bernard Sanders, Nursing, HIV, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Corporate Officers
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Push To Get Budget Done
— As the weather gets warmer at this time of year, state legislators start acting like college students. Having known since before Christmas that their legislative session would end at midnight on Wednesday, the legislators procrastinated and...Tags: Wethersfield, U.S. House of Representatives, Problem Gambling, Nursing Homes, Medical Specialization
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After nursing home incident, a reminder about how to check a home's history
Watchdog with Paul MuschickYesterday's news about a death following an incident at a Carbon County nursing home may have you wondering about the oversight and care provided at area nursing homes. Here's how you can find out. My colleague, Manuel Gamiz Jr., reported...... -
In your corner
People who live in long-term care facilities have others in their corner. The Area Agency on Aging of Somerset County has an ombudsman program. Ombudsman is a Swedish word meaning citizen advocate. If someone in a facility has a problem... -
Seventh-day Adventists: From doomsday sect to health advocates
In the Seventh-day Adventist church, they call Oct. 22, 1844, the "Great Disappointment." It was the day the world didn't end. The church, celebrating its 150th anniversary this month, traces its origins back to a doomsday sect of disillusioned believers...
Tags: Paul Harvey, Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing, Vegetarian Diet, Religion and Belief
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Former nursing home employee files suit
tkleffman@amnews.comA former employee at a Danville nursing home is alleging she was fired to cover up her bosses’ mistakes in a lawsuit filed recently in Boyle Circuit Court. Amy Cosby of Mercer County claims in the lawsuit her employment as a weekend nurse at...Tags: Justice System, Nursing Homes, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Laws
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NLRB Filing in HealthBridge Case Pits Federal Courts Against Each Other
The Hartford CourantThe long battle between HealthBridge Management and the Service Employees International Union continued Thursday with a twist that seeks to pit one federal court against another. Nearly three months after 600 HealthBridge Management workers ended a...Tags: Judges, Strikes, Nursing, Stamford, Labor Legislation
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