. Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:01:48 -0600 From: "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Net-Gold] LTC Articles . LTC Articles . Northern People: Singer desires audience Traverse City Record Eagle He encourages nursing home or veterans hospital activity directors to contact him about scheduling Tex's Country Western Show for a facility. ... http://record-eagle.com/features/ x877132606/Northern-People- Singer-desires-audience 88-year-old man jailed after nursing home shooting The Associated Press (AP) An 86-year-old woman was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in her bed at a Southern California nursing home Sunday, and her husband of... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/ article/ALeqM5iYn-LqHf6Ra0rA CauZMsxU6kPM7Q?docId=72b5d11c 34a44d23b5fe189b481a3ee2 More Problems of Sexual Misconduct At Iowa Nursing Home Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog (blog) The Ames Tribune reported last week on new allegations of sexual misconduct at an Ames, Iowa nursing home. The state department charged with inspecting the ... http://blog.levinperconti.com/2010/11/ more_problems_of_sexual_miscon.html Nursing Home Operator Looking to Acquisitions Orange County Business Journal By Vita Reed Irvine-based Sun Healthcare Group Inc., the county's largest nursing home company, is looking to buy more facilities and add related businesses ... http://www.ocbj.com/news/2010/nov/21/ nursing-home-operator-looking-acquisitions/ A tragic end to 70 years of marriage Los Angeles Times Police say Roy Charles Laird, 88, fatally shot his 86-year-old wife at a nursing home. Their daughter says it was a 'mercy killing. ... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/ la-me--mercy-kill-20101122,0,695482.story Canada, but worth reading...........BA Supreme Court ruling on sexual pre-consent could affect seniors with dementia Winnipeg Free Press The man's wife is in a nursing home with Alzheimer's — and she has no idea who he is. So is a woman with dementia, or indeed any kind of brain injury that ... http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/ home_family/supreme-court-ruling-on- sexual-pre-consent-could-affect-seniors- with-dementia-109720639.html Family Gets $42.75 Million for Nursing Home Death InjuryBoard.com A Kentucky family will be awarded $42.75 million after the death of 92-year-old Joseph Clint, a man who died in the Harborside of Madisonville nursing home ... http://cherryhill.injuryboard.com/ nursing-home-and-elder-abuse/family- gets-4275-million-for-nursing-home- death.aspx Lerner staff was fair to our nursing home DesMoinesRegister.com I could not agree more with the Register's Nov. 15 editorial, "Dean Lerner Is Not the Problem," on the value of an agency leader like Lerner to Iowans. ... http://www.desmoinesregister.com/ article/20101121/OPINION04/11210314/-1/ GETPUBLISHED03scripts/Lerner-staff- was-fair-to-our-nursing-home Some States Weigh Unthinkable Option: Ending Medicaid Wall Street Journal Wyoming found that Medicaid accounts for 63% of the state's nursing-home revenue. The idea of abandoning Medicaid as a solution is so extreme that even ... http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB1000142405274870444430457562 8603406482936.html Rescued cat is celebrity at nursing center NewsOK.com She soon started making visits to my 84-year-old mother, Velma Miller, who is a nursing home resident. Pumpkin quickly won my mother's heart, and she is one ... http://newsok.com/rescued- cat-is-celebrity-at-nursing-center/ article/3516148 Long-term care insurance worries Baby Boomers USA Today He had to wait 18 months until space opened at a local Veterans Affairs nursing home, and during that period, the family was responsible for his care. ... http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/ insurance/2010-11-22-longtermcare22_CV_N.htm New Hope ministry brings song to nursing homes Maryville Daily Times By Linda Braden Albert A ministry of music offered by New Hope Baptist Church has become a treasured activity in eight area nursing homes. ... http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/ 20101121/WOMEN/311219996 Heater fire causes alarm, minor injury at nursing Home Republican & Herald Tremont Fire Chief James Koppenhaver said the fire, which was reported about 3 pm, was quickly extinguished by the center's nursing staff. ... http://republicanherald.com/news/ heater-fire-causes-alarm-minor- injury-at-nursing-home-1.1066962 A robot exhibits bedside manners and ethics Boston Globe By Mark Baard I've never met anyone who wants to end his days in a nursing home. But for baby boomers as well as the rest of us, the option of “aging in ... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/ articles/2010/11/22/a_robot_exhibits_ bedside_manners__and_ethics/ Collecting for veterans Warren Tribune Chronicle The Georgetown site is a licensed nursing home providing standard and special care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients. In addition to being a licensed ... http://www.tribtoday.com/page/ content.detail/id/549892/ Collecting-for-veterans.html Dean Learner: Friend of care home residents DesMoinesRegister.com Lerner has done an outstanding job looking out for the interests of nursing home residents by doing thorough inspections and levying fines for violations. ... http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/ 20101121/OPINION04/11210313/-1/ GETPUBLISHED03scripts/Dean-Learner- Friend-of-care-home-residents Sensor Monitors Help Seniors Live Independently and Safely Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog (blog) Sensors monitors are now used to track the daily activity of many nursing home residents and senior Americans who live on their own. ... http://blog.levinperconti.com/2010/11/ sensor_monitors_help_seniors_l.html Reaching the remote: Telemedicine gains ground American Medical News Using teleconferencing technology, he is able to see and talk with patients, nursing home staff and family members. The technology allows him to treat ... http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/ 2010/11/22/prsa1122.htm Starfire makes difference for disabled Cincinnati.com ... 2010 Joseph Scheets is calling bingo for six residents at St. Margaret Hall, a Catholic nursing home in Evanston, when a man in the back of the room ... http://news.cincinnati.com/article/ 20101121/NEWS01/11220311/ Starfire-makes-difference-for-disabled Preparing for nursing-home costs imperative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review From 2009 to 2010, nursing home room rates rose 4.6 percent to $83585 a year, according to the Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs by MetLife Insurance Co ... http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/ pittsburghtrib/business/s_710405.html New contribution proposed for Jersey's social care BBC News Currently the States only funds care on a means-tested basis for those who need to go into a residential or nursing home, but there is no financial help for ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ world-europe-jersey-11806841 Now I remember why he's no 'progressive' DesMoinesRegister.com It's deja vu all over again with Iowa looking forward to the return of the Terry Branstad days of nursing home operators being considered victims of too ... http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/ 20101121/OPINION04/11210306/-1/ GETPUBLISHED03scripts/Now-I-remember-why- he-s-no-progressive- Burn survivor finds happiness Norwich Bulletin She kept searching though, and found a job at a nursing home in Danbury, where she stayed 25 years. Then her mother and sister died in 2004, ... http://www.norwichbulletin.com/carousel/ x151222820/Burn-survivor-finds-happiness Art on Wheels comes to Brecksville Library Plain Dealer When her mother was staying at a nursing home, they brought the art supplies to her. Martin noticed there were so many things the residents of the nursing ... http://www.cleveland.com/sunstarcourier/ index.ssf/2010/11/art_on_wheels_comes_ to_brecksv.html Those golden years for New York's seniors are a little blue as assisted living ... New York Daily News Rates for a private nursing-home room in the city also rocketed 6%, from an average of $131765 a year to $139065 a year. When a senior in a skilled nursing ... http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/ 2010/11/21/2010-11-21_ got_golden_years_blues_9_rise_for_ seniors_in_assisted_living.html Prescription for medical malpractice tort reform Allentown Morning Call In a recent case involving St. Luke's Hospital, an elderly nursing home resident was transferred to the hospital for a colonoscopy to determine the source ... http://www.mcall.com/opinion/ yourview/mc-tort-reform-traub- yv-20101121,0,6075441.story . "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx> . .