. Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:04:05 -0600 From: "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Net-Gold] LTC Articles . LTC Articles Kent nursing home to pay $12000 in state settlement over drug disposal The Journal News | LoHud.com The hospitals and nursing homes also agreed to pay civil penalties as part of the settlement, $12000 in the case of Putnam Nursing and Rehabilitation. <http://tinyurl.com/ybovvx4> Grinnell nursing home to pay $75000 DesMoinesRegister.com By CLARK KAUFFMAN ckauffman@xxxxxxxxx January 13, 2010 A Grinnell nursing home where a resident lost a leg to gangrene will pay more than $75000 to ... <http://www.desmoinesregister.com/ article/20100113/NEWS/1130371/1007/ NEWS05/Grinnell-nursing-home-to-pay-75-000> Police: Man admits to committing sex act in nursing home Jackson Sun By MARIANN MARTIN A Bolivar man has admitted to police that he went into a nursing home patient's room and committed a sexual act, according to an affidavit ... <http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/ 20100113/NEWS01/1130316/1002/ Police--Man-admits-to-committing- sex-act-in-nursing-home> State to probe shuttered home St. Louis Post-Dispatch The health department inspects nursing homes and care facilities once a year and whenever a complaint is filed, a regular occurrence at most facilities. ... <http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/ story/74BC3065BF4A880A862576AA0016404F? OpenDocument> Medicaid questions about $672000 in spending at Pahokee nursing home Palm Beach Post By Charles Elmore Medicaid auditors have disallowed more than a half-million dollars in operating costs at a Pahokee nursing home investigated . ... <http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ news/medicaid-questions-about- 672-000-in-spending-at-175187.html> Kindred plans new hospital, nursing home projects Louisville Courier-Journal Kindred Healthcare announced plans to open, acquire, expand or reconfigure long-term care hospitals or nursing homes in several states. ... <http://www.courier-journal.com/ article/20100112/BUSINESS/ 1120330/1003/Kindred+plans+ new+hospital++nursing+home+projects> Millinocket nursing home joining Rosscare WCSH-TV MILLINOCKET, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- Katahdin Health Care, formerly known as Katahdin Nursing Home is joining the Rosscare family of Eastern Maine Health Care ... <http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/ story.aspx?storyid=113259&catid=2> Person-Centered Care For Nursing Home Residents: The Culture-Change Movement <http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/ content/abstract/hlthaff.2009.0966> Raising The Standard: Palliative Care In Nursing Homes <http://content.healthaffairs.org/ cgi/content/abstract/29/1/136> "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx>